Word: gowning
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Ambassador Dawes was again the target of every glance at Oxford's musty Sheldonian Theatre. In a black velvet hat and the scarlet gown and hood of a Doctor of Civil Law, he sat on the platform while the Public Orator of Oxford University, Dr. Arthur Blackburne Poynton, presented him as a "Missionary of peace and harmony among Nations...
...Attorney-General Mitchell conversing politely. Also present were a Mrs. Bacon, a Mrs. Kelly, a Mrs. Free, whose husbands are U. S. Representatives from New York, Pennsylvania and California, respectively, and many another lady of Washington's officialdom. The guest in the blue chiffon gown with moonlight hose and snakeskin slippers was glad to meet them all because she felt that she belonged among them. She was Mrs. Oscar De Priest, the wife of a new U. S. Representative from Illinois. Mrs. De Priest's husband is the first Negro to sit in Congress since...
...MISS GERMANY WEARING STUNNING ORCHID GOWN BEGINS SLOWLY PACING HORSE SHOE GREETED THUNDEROUS APPLAUSE...
WHEN MISS BRAZIL APPEARS STAGE TONIGHT [the first wire from Galveston read] WILL WEAR SEVERE BLACK CHIFFON GOWN ON PINK SLIP WITH GARLAND ROSES RUNNING DIAGONALLY ACROSS BREAST STOP NO HEAD DRESS FLESH COLORED HOSE BLACK SHOES ALSO DIAMOND NECKLACE AND DIAMOND AND SAPPHIRE BROOCH CENTER CHEST...
...improvements in blood transfusion technique, an expert in thyroid gland and respiratory system operations. At the time of the explosion he was performing an operation in the Clinic hospital in a nearby building. He was not told of the accident until the operation was completed. Still in his white gown and operating cap he rushed to the scene...