Word: gowning
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Like Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Spain and many another European state, France has long had a system of restricting U. S. film imports. The reason is similar to that which caused Congress to put a tariff on French gowns and hats. Supreme and unrivaled in their own fields are Parisian modistes and Hollywood producers. As yet, however, Congress has not decreed that for every three gowns that a Parisienne sells in the U. S., she must buy one U. S. gown and try to sell it in France. The uproar, the heaven-piercing cries for justice which would rise from...
Seniors are reminded that after April 1 the price for cap and gown will be raised from $8.50 to $9, and are urged to make arrangements for measurement with the Harvard Cooperative Society as soon as possible...
...England, John, Earle of Eldon, has come to Harvard. His expression is captured to the living by a marble bust, which has just been secured for the Harvard Law School by agents in England. He is portrayed as on the bench with full bottom wig, bands and judicial gown...
Romanticist: But you forget that the terrific outlay on gown of the modern girl is, in the long run, more than equivalent to the sums which the boy friend spends...
...many admirers know, "about twenty-nine . . . a woman of breeding and distinction. Her complexion is pale and opaque-her eyes, steel gray, express a cold unruffled repose. Her hair is an agreeable medium brown, not particularly abundant. She is dressed tastefully in a somewhat loose-fitting morning gown...