Word: donning
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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On the Virginia hill that slopes into the Potomac, twice as many Americans as usual walked, hushed and hatless, to stand in sombre silence by the white marble Unknown Soldier's Tomb. In Sudbury, Mass., leathery old Henry Ford, who once called history "bunk" and with his "peace ship...
>FORTUNE'S September survey deflated all 1940 balloons except Franklin Roosevelt's, found that no honest-to-goodness Republican bandwagon exists. Polices were asked first: If you had your choice in 1940, would you choose Mr. Roosevelt or someone else? Answers: 34.9% would choose Mr. Roosevelt, 53.3% would...
The thing was first presented by the severe salon of Mainbocher on Paris' Avenue George V month ago, gave women the wasp-waisted effect designers favor, became the sensation of the Paris showings. A streamlined adaptation of the ancient corset, cut out on the sides, it was so stiffly...
"To hell with King and Country!" "Well, are you fighting for Democracy?" "I don't give a damn for Democracy!" "What are you fighting for?" "To beat that bloody Hitler."
"We don't need any cooperation. Ours will be the greatest fair ever built. We do not recognize the San Francisco Fair. It is not an international exposition. You couldn't have had a fair without Federal money. We don't want it or need it."