Word: coatings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...turned his coat? Some of his close relatives had been captured by the Communists last summer; he had recently received letters from them. Chinese believed that Wu had been "persuaded" by the letters to switch sides...
...Indian army showed off its prize prisoner: he was a middle-aged clerk who had been secretary of the local Razakar organization-the band of Moslem diehards and guerrillas led by fanatic little Kasim Razvi (TIME, Aug. 30). A meek character in a grey Persian lamb fez and long coat, he looked just as his leader Razvi might look if the fire were gone from his eyes. He was captured the day before war's end with a sword in his hand. Now he was bewildered, crushed. He murmured: "Razvi has deceived...
Grabbing up his seersucker coat and panama hat, Talmadge II limped forth for his victory address, leaning on the cane he has used since his auto accident with a blonde ex-secretary in July. Then he hustled over to the Atlanta Journal to repeat his message over Station...
...coast at Asbury Park, Mrs. Maria Monez Strohmeier ("Mrs. Philadelphia"), a 21-year-old blonde with green eyes, was crowned "Mrs. America." This entitled her to a fur coat, furniture, a dishwasher, laundry machine, luggage, and diaper service for any future children. Mrs. America was more nearly standard size...
...First there was the burgemeesters' convention," groaned a fat mayor, "then the Queen's birthday; on Saturday the abdication and then the inauguration. I don't know when I'll ever be able to get out of my morning coat...