Word: dress
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Among the articles of clothing that were collected were 38 overcoats, 8 dress suits and 85 business suits. Most of this wearing apparel will be sent to Robert College in Constantinople and to the Cambridge Welfare Society for use among the poor...
...World War. "Fighting cannot construct--cannot bring order out of chaos, nor have politics been able to solve the problem. These evils must be wiped out by religion. Nations must dare to apply the principles of the New Testament to business and international relationship. Religion is not a top dress to be worn on Sundays and discarded week days. It is the vital condition for the survival of humanity...
Sandro Botticelli. The play opens like a fancy dress ball. On the minute stage of the Provincetown Theatre are assembled people dressed up as Leonardo da Vinci, Lorenzo dei Medici, Fra Filippo Lippi, Sandro Botticelli and all manner of other notables of renaissance Florence. It is all very ingenious and very amusing. But the joke is run into the ground. All these grotesque masqueraders begin to take themselves seriously. You think you were wrong about the fancy dress. Casting sidelong glances about the garden of Lorenzo, you nervously seek the uniformed attendant. At any moment, you feel, some ardent damsel...
...travels lightly, as far as luggage is concerned, always looks accordingly dressed. He is the type of man who emphasizes the convenience of traveling with only one suitcase, and exclaims, "What a comfort it is to have no luggage!" As a matter of fact, only good manners prevent one from telling such a man that his explanation is a waste of time. To expect a rough travelling coat to appear to be, at the same time, entirely suitable for evening wear is an impractical illusion. Therefore, the man who has not the proper equipment with him when travelling, must choose...
Princess Yolanda of Italy: " Fascisti ideas of economy have come even into the palace. I am making my own bridal dress for my wedding on April...