Word: coatings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Johnson continually asks advice about his work, never asks it about his private life, which appears to be as conservative as his custom of keeping his car keys safety-pinned inside the breast pocket of his coat. He invariably falls for every girl he plays opposite, and would like to marry and settle down. But childhood with a divorced father and his serious attitude about his career have combined to make him cautious about women. He likes his drinks straight when work will permit but enjoys, more than anything else, watching movies. He was so dissolved by Going...
Nobody Knows. Otto Wilson watched the woman take off her chartreuse suit and fold it neatly across a chair. When he hit her she fell across the bed. He choked her until she stopped breathing; then pulled her to the floor. After he took the butcher knife from his coat pocket he lighted a cigaret and drank from a bottle of whiskey. Then he knelt, knife in hand...
...funny thing about the American people is that they know it is downright naughty to take off your coat in the rain. They know that twelve years of the world's toughest job does things to a man's health. They know that King Lear was a little touched in the head before he defied the elements. They know that winter is coming on. Moscow has a cold climate. Stalin does not like to travel. Let's hope the President stays home...
...swept in through the White House gates at 9:30 in a steady downpour. The crowds, sodden and silent after their moment of excitement, jostled slowly toward trolley-loading platforms, the masses of Government workers going back to their offices. Inside the Executive Mansion the President shed his dripping coat and hat and immediately went to his office for a press conference. The President's good humor had a steady, coal-grate glow this morning. The conference began with a burst of laughter. Franklin Roosevelt had just informed the men in the front row that he had no news...
...27th anniversary of the Russian Revolution the People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs pioneered a new revolution-in style. Henceforth the well-dressed Soviet diplomat will wear a dramatic new uniform. But simplicity is the keynote. A simple, double-breasted suit of midnight black is the foundation. Coat cuffs are four inches, and heavily embroidered with gold acanthus leaves. Gold buttons, gold shoulder boards, and lapels thickly laced with gold galloons provide distinguished color. For dramatic dignity, a ten-inch, ivory-sheathed dagger is worn at the belt, on the left...