Word: coatings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Douglas Campbell, eleventh Duke of Argyll, 53, head of the Clan Campbell, Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland, and of four assorted castles, burgeoned in U.S. magazine advertisements featuring his noble face, coat of arms and forceful autograph. The product: nothing less than Argyll socks for men, "authenticated" by the duke for the Burlington Hosiery Co. Asked about his remuneration for the plug, Argyll admitted: "I haven't the slightest idea at the moment. It depends on how many socks they sell, I suppose. But I don't suppose I'll get anything, anyway. When...
...hall door wide open. It had been left unlocked. On entering the room, he noticed that his bureau drawers had been opened and that two new shirts and a new sweater had been removed. His roommates checked and reported that they were missing a topcoat, three sweaters, a sports coat, a pair of slack, and possibly some shirts...
...which had been approved by Loan Examiner E. Merl Young, who resigned and emerged as an $18,000-a-year Lustron official, was later convicted of perjury (18 months in jail). Young's wife Lauretta, a White House secretary until April 1951, received a $9,000 mink coat paid for by a lawyer representing firms that longed for RFC loans. Mrs. Young thereby trademarked the "mink coat" cycle of scandals. Another RFC beneficiary, the American Lithofold Corp., retained the Democratic National Committee's Bill Boyle-who resigned as national chairman after the fact became known. From American Lithofold...
...line when active, a double line when passive. Thus i is to see, II to be seen. A dot before the verb line indicates the past tense, a dot behind the line the future. Some other common Pictos: D-behind, A man, O woman, Hill red, |EEE| blue, LyJ coat, X an(^> I + to have, I ^^ to speak or to say, 4-about, i A to go or to walk, # good, #better, - best, beautiful. A simple Picto sentence: I 'A. 9 Q-X I <- - 6 (She walks under the trees and speaks to a man). When it comes...
...Concerto No. 4, written by Russia's late great Sergei Prokofiev in 1931. At the keyboard was East Berlin's Pianist Siegfried Rapp, impeccable in white tie and tails. There was only one odd thing about the soloist: his right sleeve was empty and pinned to his coat...