Word: coatings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...manager was made ready on the operating table while the tall thin man whipped off his coat, rolled up his sleeves, put on a surgeon's white robe. A quick deft incision and a few minutes later the tall thin man had excised the bus manager's ruptured appendix. Such was the first operation performed by tall, thin Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, brother of the Constitution sponsor (see p.11), since he became President Hoover's Secretary of the Interior...
...Borotra helped him to get up, rubbed the leg, brought Shields some water and his coat, said: "We can finish the match some other time." When they went back to the court, the umpire called to Shields: "Are you all right?" Shields was not all right. He rested again, patted his leg, rubbed it, but refused to consider a postponement. He limped out on the court, won the game with an unreturnable serve, lost the next game without trying for it. Serving again, at 5-4, Shields delivered an ace, a first-ball which Borotra hit out, then lost...
...Black Camel (Fox) is an amusing mystery story in which the corpse is that of a cinemactress, the scene Hawaii, the detective celebrated Charlie Chan, the suspects as follows: a patently fake male fortuneteller, a slick actor in a dinner coat, a pretty little girl who steals an emerald ring, a butler who does not know his place, a young millionaire who drives a roadster and is anxious to get out of town, a maid servant, a man who mumbles indignantly, a beachcombing artist with sneering enunciation, a tough blonde who incites Detective Chan to aphorism. After several aphorisms (sample...
...Skiron [northwest wind] turned Sassenach. Like the Assyrian of old he came down on the fold. In a jiffy he knocked off hats from every head. A thousand silk toppers of assorted vintages went tossing on the breeze. They were borne skyward but not on the wings of song. Coat tails, hitherto sedate enough, designed to cover substantial parts of the human anatomy, became possessed of seven devils. With hilarious impudence they flapped in places where they were not wanted. Badges were torn from the imposing fronts of the city fathers; and stern-faced color guards, strong to face...
...Eton keeps to its melancholy mourning garb of black suit and shiny topper. All but 29 Etonians must throughout the year observe a number of strict rules: they must leave unbuttoned the bottom waistcoat button, (and in after life they usually continue to do so). They must walk, with coat collar turned up, on only one side of the town streets. They may not carry an umbrella rolled up. The 29 leaders of the schools, the "Pops," however, are permitted proudly to exhibit the insignia of their position at all times: a boutonniere, a tightly rolled umbrella, patent leather shoes...