Word: drabs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Bigelow was right. Gone were the grey, morgue-like walls, the drab showcases, the cloistered darkness of the old store at 37th Street. Instead, large windows, scarcely marred by crossbars, admitted beams of sunlight. Even the clerks looked a little younger. But one thing had not changed, probably never would: the Tiffany tradition of muffled, almost clandestine conservatism...
...mass of students ambling homeward from the Yard, Felix's newsstand on Massachusetts Avenue affords a welcome glimpse of the latest headlines. But this is merely one of the legion services that Felix renders to the community; others are listed in gold-lettered profusion all over the drab facade of the store. Included are cleaning and pressing, hat blocking, shoe shines and repairs, and a service somewhat mysteriously designated as "shoe findings...
...Drab...
...could design their clothes for them. "You're all so utilitarian," she complained, looking disgustedly at the clothes of the men in the room. "For instance, you pick your materials for the reason that they won't show dirt! What you should do is to try to be less drab...
During last week's air raids, queues before the theatres were as long as those before the entrances to London's air-raid shelters. Memorable moment in the his tory of drab suburban Finsbury Park Empire Theatre came in the course of Springtime for Henry. While sirens wailed, Actor Tom Walls quoted Kipling's line: "If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you." Only five people left the theatre, and galleryites shouted: "We're British and we're staying here...