Word: garbed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...prestige to "nationalizing" the satellites, and provide a semblance of genuineness. He could help spot the right kind of leaders for the operation. If all went well, letting off a little anti-Russian steam might even encourage the satellite peoples to accept with cheers a Communism recostumed in nationalistic garb...
...afternoon last week three freshmen in sweat suits paused to watch a pair of crack runners on the track at Soldiers Field, studying the form of the big man in the NYAC garb and his slightly smaller companion wearing H.A.A. insignia...
...British newsmen descended upon them, Miller perked up to a question about how he sees Marilyn. "Through two eyes," replied he forthrightly. "She's the most unique person I ever met." Marilyn revealed that she may no longer sleep solely in Chanel No. 5. Her newly slated bedtime garb: Yardley's English Lavender...
...three days of national holiday, Egypt celebrated. Special coins had been struck showing a girl, in the garb of ancient Egypt, breaking her chains. Huge banners proclaimed "Evacuation is the Beginning of Reconstruction." Streets were bright with arches, flowers, strings of light and a huge plywood figure of a fedayeen commando loomed high over the sidewalks. Loudspeakers blared patriotic music to the" milling crowds in the Cairo streets, and at night fireworks arched high over the dark Nile...
Addressing a pack of peace-loving fellow travelers, Britain's white-maned Dr. Hewlett Johnson, 82, the Red Dean of Canterbury, tartly reported that he was "shocked" recently to be accosted in London by a prostitute. Said he, in view of his age and clerical garb: "I didn't approve of the girl's taste." Moral of his story: "Such a thing would never happen in the Soviet Union...