Word: coverer
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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After Mel Pattern's poor showing in the Olympics 100-meter dash, I am quite convinced that having one's picture on the cover of TIME is . . . the kiss of death...
Well, the cover portrait of him is perfect. The Pied Piper motif-oh, drop dead! I'm one of the rats...
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...party leadership would be immobilized if the Department of Justice should take it into its head to move in on all 50. Said one: "That would be an awful lot of bail to have to put up." It was also better to keep a reserve of bosses under cover. Right out in the open (and one of those under indictment) was 67-year-old William Z. Foster, in-&-out boss of the party since 1923, who was re-elected national chairman...
...Converts, however, Rome's modistes, having no urge toward martyrdom, prudently removed all bare midriff garments from their display windows. "I have two-piece suits for anybody who asks for them," said matronly Teresa Spizzichino. "They're made so as to hold any bosom tightly and cover both navel and-er-lower hind parts." Just the same, she admitted, the one-piece variety might be better. "Eventually the ladies will take to them, not because they like them better, but simply because no woman wants to run unnecessary risks. Getting into trouble with the police may have very...