Word: coatings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...nomination in the most glamorous manner possible - that he will take full politi cal advantage of his position as Commander in Chief of the U.S. Armed Forces, perhaps from a strategy conference in London. In London the iron railings in front of the American Embassy are getting a fresh coat of paint and gold trimmings, fancywork denied even to Buckingham Palace since 1939. Said Painter Joby Plumb: "This 'ere gilt paint, it's worth houses. Ain't seen none like this for years...
...Baton Rouge, La., State Representative Vail M. Deloney introduced a bill making it illegal for any man in Louisiana to wear a coat or tie between June 1 and Oct. 1 (Sundays and weddings excepted...
...moonlit night in the rolling hill country near Bath, a tall, uniformed figure stopped at a lorry driver's cottage and tapped on the door. A window was raised, a few words were exchanged and presently a woman stepped out with a coat thrown over her nightdress. She walked down the road beside the man in the uniform...
...Tutt. Last week, Tarheel voters gave the Democratic senatorial nomination, and thus the election, to Clyde Roark Hoey (pronounced hooey), 66, a Southern gentleman with flowing locks and black claw-hammer coat, who looks like Arthur Train's lawyer, Mr. Tutt...
Last week he turned up at the fighting fronts in a light grey flannel bush coat, khaki drill breeches, polo boots, Sam Browne belt, and an ancient stern-visored guardsman's cap, which he has clung to for years: it has been rebuilt three times. Neither at Dunkirk nor anywhere since then has he bothered to wear a steel helmet...