Word: collars
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...crowd melted. Commander Waters was released to present to Speaker Garner a petition against adjournment. But first he went before the Capitol to announce: "I've got permission for you to use these centre steps. But you've got to keep a lane open for the white-collar birds inside so they won't rub into us lousy rats. We're Agoing to stay here until I see Hoover...
...Graphic shrieked, screamed, leered, turned its collar around and preached. It introduced "composographs" (faked pictures) of murders and bedroom scenes on the excuse of "acquainting readers with life's realities." It published sexy stories and sex pictures to "help tear down false prudery" and "to demonstrate the benefits of physical culture." Scarcely a newspaper, it earned the name "pornoGraphic" and the contempt of decent journalists. Its circulation hit a peak of 350,000, dropped steadily for the past three years...
Caught crunching his way through the packed Congress mezzanine, grizzled Mr. Tolbert was asked by a reporter why he never wore a cravat. "I still have to find a reason for wearing a tie," he snorted, adding pridefully: "My collar is as empty as a Democrat's promises...
Questioned by suave Jewish lawyers in a Munich court last week, Jew-baiting Adolf Hitler grew hot under his brown collar, egged his brown-shirted henchmen into muttered threats that they would pull the Jewish lawyers' noses...
...dinner at the University of London last week the honored guest was a white-haired old fellow wearing tight-fitting trousers, a wide-brimmed straw hat, a loose white collar. He spoke to no one, ate no food. He did not even move during the whole dinner. Britishers are traditionally polite, impassive; the other dinner-guests ate their food and paid no attention to this funny old stuffed shirt...