Word: hatless
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...train to Genoa where Air Minister General Italo Balbo waited at the controls of a big trimotored Italian seaplane. Flanked by nine escort planes, they darted toward Ostia (the seaplane port of Rome). In top hat, morning coat and carrying a cane. Il Duce peered skyward as Scot MacDonald, hatless and tousle-haired, waved from the alighting seaplane...
...more, Sir Ronald!" he posed for an instant, cheerfully waggling his umbrella. "You all know why I am here," he said, then popped inside for a 45-minute conference with his diplomatic chief, Foreign Secretary Sir John Simon. When the two emerged together tall Sir John, who was hatless, seemed dwarfed by taller Sir Ronald Lindsay, Ambassador to the U. S. of His Majesty King George. Chatting with animation, Sir John and Sir Ronald crossed to No. 10 Downing St. In the white and gold Cabinet Room they were greeted by Prime Minister James Ramsay MacDonald, Chancellor of the Exchequer...
...pupils worked at weaving, metal, wood and leather work, drawing and painting. Elizabeth Moos taught Rhythmics and directed academic work: social sciences, then arithmetic and writing, after these reading and so on. The parents met regularly, joined in school activities. The village of Croton watched a bit suspiciously the hatless, overalled, unrepressed children, dashing down to look at local industries, asking grown-up questions. The Croton truant officer was perplexed, too. Once he offered to help round up Hessian Hills truants, along with those from the public schools. He was told that was unnecessary; but if he liked he might...
...That for your work," said Mr. Kingsbury, sweeping all of Mr. Fleishhacker's papers to the floor. Whereupon the burly banker arose with a yell, grabbed a cane and, hatless, chased the President of Standard Oil out of the bank and down the street...
...Soviet Government has organized a tour this summer aboard the icebreaker Maligin from Archangel to Franz Josef Land and Nova Zembla. When the Maligin reaches its "top," above 83° N. Latitude, ambitious tourists may make a short airplane flight towards the North Pole. The minute last week that hatless Explorer Wilkins had finished his rapid queries concerning stores for his Arctic-going submarine and had strode from the shop, Outfitter Fiala clapped on his hat and started on a minor expedition of his own. He lives in the far reaches of Brooklyn. Wending his way afoot to that remote...