Word: fleshed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...ceremony was particularly impressive. ... I look upon it as a great historical event. I was delighted to see Mr. Hoover again?I am referring now to the President. . . .* I was especially glad to see Mr. Kellogg. He is looking hale and hearty. I notice he has taken on some flesh...
Such was the great battle of Rancocas Creek, staged last week as a theoretical military problem. The Red "invaders" were non-existent except for a handful of officers to outline their positions. The Blue "defenders" were composed of 6,000 flesh-and-blood officers and men drawn from the regular Army, the National Guards of New York and New Jersey, the organized Reserve, all under the command of Major General Hanson Edward Ely, commander of the Second Corps Area. Except for the activities of the staff officers of 32 commands, of telegraph, telephone and typewriter operators, of motorcycle messengers, chauffeurs...
...gave his opinion last week of bathing beauty contests. It was: "No self-respecting girl wants to be paraded before a multitude and dished up before the public gaze." Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. last week advertised his new girl-show Show Girl. He said: "150 GLORIFIED GIRLS IN THE FLESH AND BLOOD...
...Decreasing in number since 1900, lynchings have increased in savagery since 1773 when Negroes were "genteely Tarr'd and Feather'd." Now lately, eyes have been knocked out with sticks, fingers saved as souvenirs, pieces of flesh removed with corkscrews, men tied to automobiles and dragged through the streets until dead, men and women mutilated unprintably...
...flesh was but a fresh-embroidered shroud...