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...apiece, a dozen crepe-de-chine-and-lace drawers, worth $18 to $25 each, a pair of silk bloomers worth $15 to $18, "one dozen most exquisitely embroidered satin step-ins" worth $18 to $40 apiece, other costly mentionables...
...their water in ten to 20 seconds. Steam rising rapidly from the food prevents oxidation, as when apples turn brown. Vacuums (or inert gases such as carbon dioxide) are sometimes used to keep air away. Tomatoes come off the drum like an endless sheet of red crepe paper, crumble into microscopic flakes which will store well for at least three years. Best products: tomatoes, potatoes, apples, bananas, peaches, peas, squash, pumpkin...
...black crepe dress, black low-heeled shoes, black silk stockings, and a pink hat, Atlanta's Margaret Mitchell (Gone With the Wind), who described herself as "an old baseball player," batted a bottle of champagne on the prow of the light cruiser Atlanta, sent her down the ways in Kearny, N.J. Same day the Navy launched a sister ship, the San Juan at Quincy, Mass...
...into second place and let Banker Percy Rivington Pyne II of New York lead the way. Between double lines of dark-spectacled police the Duke and Duchess stepped down the gangplank, rode off through the packed streets of Miami. The Duchess wore a two-piece ensemble of dull navy crepe, hip-length coat and cap with feathered mercury wings. She wore her jeweled flamingo on her shoulder, diamonds on her ears. She smiled at the cheering crowds from under a nose-length, peekaboo, white-dotted veil. Her husband gaily waved...
...Jacobs' passing would have. With Arturo Godoy and Tony Galento in line for another shot at Joe Louis' crown (Galento is scheduled to meet Max Baer in a tuneup at Jersey City May 28), it looked as if Galento might drop out of the picture. In his crepe-draped saloon, Two-Ton Tony blubbered: "I can't go on widout...