Word: dress
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...same day another new Ambassador presented his credentials to King Vittorio Emanuele III. He was M. Jurenev, Ambassador of Soviet Russia. Jurenev with all the members of his staff, imitated the absurd American custom of wearing full evening dress as a diplomatic uniform. He drove to the Quirinal Palace, received a salute from an honor guard, "entered the throne room, engaged in 20 minutes of cordial conversation with the King...
Young Peasant Woman by Abram Arkhipov might be the work of some young Paris painter were it not for the daring red dress and the voluptuous drawing of the figure. Alexander Jakovlev has some of his beautiful drawings; Bialinitski-Birulia has an entire wall of calm Winter scenes...
...becoming a great man, and to further himself intellectually commits to memory many phrases of an unpublished work by Dr. Gustavus Sonntag, the finance of Mr. Huber's daughter, Tanya. Finally opportunity knocks at his door. As a result he appears at the fashionable Stanlaw reception after confiscating a dress suit from the tailor shop...
...piece orchestra will furnish the music tonight. There will be 20 dances with short intervals between each and an intermission of 45 minutes for supper which will be at approximately 12.30, between the 10th and 11th dances. The Committee also announced that Tuxedos would be the official dress for the evening. Lists of the guests will be found in each box before the dance. Neither the transept or Sanders Theatre will be used tonight, as the dancing will take place entirely in the main hall...
Tuxedos, and not dress suits, should be worn, according to the committee. After the tenth dance, which will end approximately at 12.30, there will be a 45-minute intermission for supper. This will be served in the boxes for all but the stags, who will have a buffet off the patronesses' balcony on the second floor...