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...encrustations of spurious coats-of-arms. A gleaming creation that is not strictly a cinch at all but a development of the Mexican concha-style is the belt made entirely of nationalistic or heraldic emblems joined with links. Some belts have buckles or clasps of an ingenious and occasionally coy sort, such as lock-and-key or hinges like the sort found on heavy oaken doors...
...coy principals of The Quiet Man may not lure travelers to Ireland, but the scenery certainly will. The Technicolor countryside ought to make any tourist skip the Loire and travel west from Southampton instead...
Members of the Christian Booksellers Association, who met in Chicago last week, could hardly believe the book jackets before their eyes. On one, a girl with a coy come-hither glance was profiled against a street of shadows; on another, a rocket ship looking like a futuristic swordfish zipped across interstellar space; a third, titled Vivid Experiences in Korea, was blocked out with vivid green and orange totem poles. It was all part of Moody Press's current campaign to give soul saving more sales appeal...
...scholars have long known, Maria Cosway was merely being coy: far from hating Jefferson, she was a great & good friend of the U.S. minister, and eventually her request was granted. Whatever happened to the painting afterward? Until this week, it was one of the minor puzzles in the story of gallant Mr. Jefferson's famous Paris romance...
...with the Key. The man who holds the key to the Democratic bewilderment is, of course, Harry Truman. But he was still being coy with everyone about whether he will be a candidate for reelection. At his press conference last week, he clapped his hands, threw back his head, and laughed as correspondents asked the question in every possible way. They asked about rumors that he will step down and run for the Senate from Missouri, or even for the House.* All he would say was that they probably would know about his answer before the deadline for filing...