Word: collar
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...tension, and the Great Man entered, with an accustomed witticism, and the Great Man seated himself on the steps of the rostrum to await the end of the Statesman's oration. The Vagabond's chief interest is in men, not things, and he recognized in the upturned coat-collar and twinkling eye of the Great Man signs of the culprit. Then the explanation burst upon the observer, and he longed to tell of the culprit's crime...
Boldly handsome, smouldering-eyed Alexander Kosariov, "The Stalin of the Young Communists." mounted the Congress platform in a bourgeois business suit, clean collar and loud tie. Banging for order, he shouted...
Youngest, highest (the Capitol is exactly one mile above sea level), most isolated of U. S. cities, Denver is much like many U. S. small towns. It is full of maples, poplars and elms. The people are placid, brisk, nearly all white-collar workers. The proportion of Rotarians, Kiwanians and life insurance salesmen is said to be higher than anywhere else in the world. It is full of retired invalids who bought Cities Service around 55 (now around 4). There are few factories, little smoke. The clear, dry, rarefied air is equable during the day, cool at night. Denverites claim...
...Kill me! Kill me!" screamed the Russian, tearing his collar from his neck and wrenching his shirt open. "Kill me as you killed my country! ... I am committing suicide. I am glad to leave this earth...
...promote Buddhist unity. Present also were Rev. Tansai Terakawa, Stanford graduate, of Stockton, Calif.; Francis Geske of Oakland; and Bishop Kenju Masayuma, honorary chairman of the convention, No. 1 Buddhist of the group by virtue of being chairman of the Japanese-North American Buddhist Federation. Wearing the "kesa" (embroidered collar) of his rank, he presided at "Koshukwai" (lectures on Buddhism's history and meaning) which took upmost of the convention's time. Lesser priests put on the "Juzu" (sacred beads representing the followers of Buddha), rang gongs, burned incense, read from the scriptures on each side...