Word: coatings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Dignified in formal tail coat, the President-elect of Uruguay's National Council, Luis Batlle (pronounced Bat-zhay) Berres, 57, stepped from his car one sunny afternoon last week and mounted the broad steps to the main entrance of the halls of Congress. There he came face to face with veteran conservative Leader Luis Alberto Herrera, 81, who has valiantly run for President eight times and lost every time, most recently to Batlle Berres. It was a scene that could not have occurred in any of a dozen other Latin American countries, where the defeated candidate would have been...
...laughed aside the protest with proud, tolerant smiles. Too much honor? For Roger Touchard, the champion marksman of two continents, the local boy who had made good? Too much? "Ah, tell me, Touchard," said one of the local dignitaries, "what would you say to a red ribbon in your coat, the Cross of the Legion of Honor? What would you say to that, eh?" Roger merely gasped...
...debate wore on, until Joe Martin arose and walked slowly to the micro phone, pulled several papers from his in side coat pocket, looked at the sea of House faces and said: "A little while ago, the President handed me a letter. With your indulgence I will read it." In a quiet voice, Martin read Eisenhower's letter, which 1) promised that there will be no drastic tariff cuts, and 2) said that "I deeply believe that the national interest calls for enactment of this measure." West Virginia's Cleveland Bailey made one last stand for protectionism...
...first train, Einaudi was soon joined by a rush of some 1,000 specially invited guests who crammed themselves into the train in the best Times Square rush-hour tradition, while attendants in bright red garrison caps watched in helpless bewilderment. At least one distinguished rider had his coat buttons pulled off in the crush, but a fine time was had by all. and at the end of the ride one exuberant straphanger showed his pleasure by doing an impromptu acrobatic act on the bars provided for standees...
Spare Part. In San Antonio, after his overcoat was stolen, Attorney V. F. Taylor placed an ad in the Express: "The liner to the coat is in my closet. . . and if the party will give me their address, I will send them the liner, as I no longer need it, and it is in perfect condition...