Word: coatings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Best of all, they liked the infrequent glimpses of her straight-backed figure, in long, lavender coat and jeweled turban, stalking through the rubble of wartime London with her inevitable, restless, prying umbrella, authoritative as a royal mace, or the sight of the old Queen pottering in & out of antique shops, slipping into the back row of suburban movie theaters, sweeping down Pall Mall in her towering automobile. "I think they call it a Daimler," she told a bemused G.I. to whom she gave a ride...
...Germans respect Dibelius as they have respected few churchmen, past or present. Standing in the Marienkirche pulpit, vested in a black, three-quarter length Luther Rock (coat), he preaches to them in the blunt Gospel language of a Reformation patriarch. A stiffly mannered figure with a face made more impressive by a natural tonsure, small sharp eyes and a heavy, bristling goatee, he is also clothed in the dignity which Prussians think a Herr Bischof ought to have...
...butts sticking out of black leather holsters. Bearded commando riders shouldered their way in with Sten guns slung on their backs. The flames of a big log fire (it gets cold up here at night) flickered on reckless, sun-wrinkled faces. A pretty woman threw open her white fur coat; round her slim waist was a leather cartridge belt and a bolstered Smith & Wesson...
...role of reason: "As I grow older I realize how limited a part reason has in the conduct of men. They believe what they want to-and although liable to shipwreck, they very generally get off with a hole in the bottom of their boat and stick an old coat into that...
...Dithering. Even after three shows, Reynolds can hardly believe the reviews and the buyers who pay up to ?100 ($280) for his paintings. He lives in a modest rooming house in a London suburb, still wears his "maternity coat"-a baggy trench coat-and has no illusions about his painting. He doesn't think he is ready yet for figure work, has deliberately concentrated on landscapes and a low-keyed palette until he feels he has a solid background. "There's no good dithering here and dithering there." says Reynolds. "Versatility is a horrible word. You draw...