Word: coatings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...hard you hit her." He chewed tobacco and smoked at the same time, sometimes dressed up in cowboy clothes to ride a mule. As Governor he built barns behind the executive mansion, kept cows, hogs and hens in them. When he shouted campaign speeches he took off his coat to disclose the bright red galluses which became his trademark...
Gentleman's Agreement. Earlier in the week, matters had not looked so good. One night-which became famed as "gentleman's agreement" night - the bright lights at Flushing beat down on a dapper, suave, self-assured diplomat with a red handkerchief flopping out of his coat pocket. This was Britain's Sir Hartley Shawcross, 44, a quick-witted prosecutor who had not yet learned that, at international conferences, haste makes waste, or worse...
...left the children momentarily in the care of Mrs. Penelope Aitken, daughter of Sir John Maffey, British representative to Eire, and wife of William Aitken, a nephew of Lord Beaverbrook. One little German girl, aged about 12, stared at beauteous, blonde Mrs. Aitken a long time, then fingered her coat and said: "That is a lovely coat; where did you get it?" Replied Mrs. Aitken: "In England." The little girl asked: "Are you English, then?" Mrs. Aitken replied, "I am." Whereupon the little German girl slapped Mrs. Aitken hard across the face...
...squawks from the thousands who had chipped in five shillings apiece (total: ?40,000) for the statue were being heard. Sir William's Roosevelt is shown in his flowing cape and a double-breasted suit, with the trouser cuffs flopping over his shoes and the top coat button characteristically undone. He leans on a walking stick...
...time to deliver, he had already written. "'Oh, hello,' I said. 'Hello, hello, hello. I was not expecting you. I have not looked at the red board lately and did not know my number was up. If you will just hand me my kady and my coat I will be with you in a jiffy...