Word: crowning
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...clamdiggers, in a spare, Italian cut, augmented by side vents for ease around the knees. With them he can wear a pull-over beach shirt styled with matching vents and a new Italian collar fastened with rope. To complete the Continental look are broad-brimmed straw hats with tapered crown and patterned band...
...Crimson sailing team, which held the National Championship in '52 and '53 and was runner-up to M.I.T. in '54, last weekend took its first step towards regaining the crown for this year. Top skippers Fred Hoppin and Ace Langworthy qualified for the New England Finals, which will be held on May 12. The two leading teams (out of about 12) in these races will represent New England at the Nationals in Detroit on June...
...that have been driven into the farmer's hands, the cross upon which he is being crucified, may have been furnished by Benson, but the hammer that drove those nails into the farmer's hands was wielded by the hand of Eisenhower. The hand that placed the crown of thorns upon the farmer's head was the hand of Eisenhower...
...traditional crown of ivy must go to Robert A. Brooks for his fine direction, and for stepping into the demanding title role on two day's notice. He has made the play flow, but not swiftly. And this is right. One should not look for violent physical action and rapid pace in Greek drama, since the ancient actors were encumbered by masks, long robes, kothornoi (special raised shoes) and ogkoi (large headdresses); and, in lieu of a curtain, there were choral stasima, sometimes lengthy, to denote the passage of any amount of time between scenes. Nor should one expect...
...from the start, and collapse on the way from the turn; they . . . end up by being laughed at like a lot of fools, and run away uncrowned with their ears down on their shoulders, but real racers keep on to the finish, and win the prizes and the crown...