Word: colors
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Adither over the approaching visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (see p. 24), Elzire Dionne, after many a false start, finally selected a gown for her presentation. Color: "japonica" (a rust shade). Jittered Papa Oliva Dionne: "Me, I'm just a farmer and don't know what to wear...
...support of his bill to create Greater Liberia, Senator Bilbo quoted Thomas Jefferson, founder-hero of the Democratic Party. He declared that 20,000 mulattoes annually "cross the color line" (pass for whites). If miscegenation goes on unchecked, he predicted the U. S. will become a land of decadent mongrels, "a yellow race yet to come...
Denmark's Crown Prince Frederik and Princess Ingrid (see p. 11) visited the Ford factory in Detroit, where the Princess admired a Mercury rolling down the assembly line. "It's yours," said Henry Fofti. "What color?" The Princess chose blue. Not to be outdone, General Motors' President William S. Knudsen gave the Princess a pair of synthetic silk stockings, the Prince a dark blue Cadillac...
...work in breechclouts, despite low temperatures Chuckled Mr. DeMille when the thermometer once approached zero: "First time I ever saw a red man turn blue." > Disliking the looks of contemporary Cheyenne, he built a pioneer Cheyenne to his taste at Iron Springs, Utah. > Dissatisfied with the color of the California dirt for track-laying purposes, he had it sprayed with chocolate paint...
Minute details of color, costume, and pesture, of the Kachinas dances are recorded in the paintings. Kachinas are marked representations of supernatural beings in the ceremonies of the Hopl Figures prominent is "Winter Solstice", "Bean Planting", and the "Home Dance", the three major ceremonies of the year are shows...