Word: coating
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...giant Russian held me for at least 30 seconds while he kissed all over the U.S. insignia on my coat. They shouted in all languages but sometimes in American phrases; one little Pole ran beside us until he dropped flat, shouting desperately: "Hello, boys...
...motorcade of eight cars crossed the Swiss frontier from the collapsing Third Reich. A very old Frenchman, wearing a black coat and a grey fedora, was the chief passenger. Beside him sat his worried wife. "Don't overdo it, Philippe!" she said. "Don't overdo it!" When a Swiss officer shook his bony hand, the old man's eyes watered. When Swiss girls gave him flowers and candy, his eyes watered again. His wife fretted: "Don't overdo it, Philippe...
Mississippi's turkey-gobbler John E. Rankin, chairman of the House Veterans Committee, which has been "investigating" the hospitals, last week gave them a clean coat of whitewash, just as newsmen had predicted he would: "Our veterans are receiving fine treatment and handling...
...came to Mrs. Roosevelt's upstairs study to say goodbye. She thanked them, her voice warm, her face strained. Others came-"Bernie" Baruch, Judge Rosenman, Admiral Leahy. She chatted with each one, then went back to her "thank you" notes. In the early evening, she put on her coat and hat. In the White House rooms past which she walked, the outlines of vanished pictures showed on bare walls...
...subaltern with "dark eyes under long lashes, a pink and white complexion" was sent to Moran for "vetting." "He made every possible excuse to put off my examination . . . but [his commanding officer] told him to get a move on. When the lad stripped, we found he was wearing a coat of mail under his vest." ¶ Another entry in the Moran diary: "Just now a man was brought to my dugout on a stretcher. Half his hand was gone and his leg below the knee was crushed and broken. While his wounds were dressed he smoked, lighting a new cigarette...