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Word: fulldress (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...diplomacy in the Middle East. To take a hard look at this smeary oil picture, the Senate committee has called in former Senator Burton K. Wheeler (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS), a skilled scandal snuffer who first won national attention while investigating Teapot Dome. Wheeler has not yet decided whether a fulldress investigation is warranted. But last week all signs pointed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OIL: The Smell of Scandal? | 5/5/1947 | See Source »

Confusion reigned as the first fulldress rehearsal of "Too Much Johnson" got under way last night in Sanders Theatre. Bustling belles in brocades and peacock feathers scurried around the stage, followed by strange creatures, among which was a redoubtable Frenchman dressed in a double-breasted frock coat and wearing a Napoleon III moustache...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "Too Much Johnson" Has Dress Rehearsal | 12/11/1940 | See Source »

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