Word: coate
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Bremen, Germany, one Paul de Bay donned a burly green coat, shiny boots, a broad leather belt, a two-edged sabre. Anyone, thought Paul de Bay surveying himself before a mirror, would mistake him for a policeman. Smiling, he sauntered into the street...
...Manhattan, a scrawny little character scurried up Sixth Avenue, peering in a timid manner at elevated trains, passersby. On the lookout for anarchists about to bomb subway stations, Patrolman William Burns, wearing official trousers, civilian coat, as he returned to his 4 a. m. beat, gave chase. "Stop!" he bellowed, lumbering after his prey. Scared, the little man he was chasing ducked into a bystreet. "They must be after somebody," he thought. "I don't want to get hit if they start shooting." Patrolman Burns, scenting adventure, shot twice into the air to make an effect...
...impersonal ends of a vast and complex organization, submerged his own personality. After he moved to Manhattan he collected art, raised fine cattle, went to the opera. But just before he left Wheaton, Ill., to be head of the Federal Corp., a friend found him sitting with his hunting coat, bag and gun in his lap. "I will never use them again," he said...
...Montreal, Mr. Baldwin prepared to hammer and thrust home his concept of trade unity within the Empire by peeling off his coat and vest before an audience of 800 businessmen, many clad in formal day attire. As his hearers gratefully followed the Prime Minister's example, he began to speak with vivid power, thus...
...steep mountain trail slowly moved a wagon drawn by two horses, each adorned with American flags. In the wagon sat Mrs. Coolidge. Behind the wagon, pushing it vigorously, came President Coolidge. Sweat poured down the President's face; his coat was off, his vest had climbed up, announcing the fact that the President wears suspenders. The presidential party was on its way to the summer camp of Samuel R. McKelvie, onetime (1919-23) Governor of Nebraska. The last few miles of the journey were made in wagons and when the horses became wearied the President joined those who added...