Word: gowned
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Designer Christian Dior, who claims to have brought about the fall of the hemline, told an inquiring Los Angeles reporter that the cocktail-gown neckline should be "low enough to be attractive, but not low enough to be indecent."* Just where is that boundary? "That," philosophized Designer Dior, "is a philosophical question...
When the cops arrived, Dr. Brandenburg was dressed in surgeon's gown and mask. A gynecologist who went along on the raid in case of a medical emergency said that the women patients (unlike most who go to abortionists) were getting almost every drug and precaution that they would get in a hospital...
...maneuver gained him a head start on the rush of students down the center aisle. Once in the street, he strode rapidly -his black gown billowing behind his grey flannel trousers-to the nearest pub for a pint...
...fine time at Princeton's sooth Anniversary (see EDUCATION). He had marched in the academic procession with the world's intellectual great. Mounting the platform steps to get an LL.D. degree, he had caught his foot in the hem of his purple-trimmed academic gown. "Whups," he said. "I forgot to pull up my dress." The ceremonies over, he shook hands warmly. "It's been a great day for me. I enjoyed myself thoroughly." Then he had hurried back to Washington and delivered his veto of the labor bill...
...Instead of the traditional cap & gown, George Marshall wore a business suit, General Omar Bradley his Army uniform. Explained Harvard's President James B. Conant: "We put no hood on those receiving degrees . . . uniforms and civilian dress are quite usual. . . . Dress is optional...