Word: hatless
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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From the crest of gigantic Chickamauga Dam, which backs up the waters of the turbulent Tennessee River eight miles above Chattanooga, President Roosevelt this week made his first major address since he accepted the Democratic nomination for the Third Term. Hatless in the withering sun, he sat in the back seat of an open car that had been run up on a hastily-built slack pine ramp. Sweat poured down the President's face, soaked through his seersucker suit...
...cindery hill road from the village, heading a small procession. The villagers, mostly Republicans (they were saying so all evening) rattled a few handclaps as Eleanor Roosevelt, in a loose, flowered green dress, stepped out first and walked around to stand beside the ramp; rattled again as the hatless President emerged, got his footing, clapped a straw hat on his head with one hand and moved up the ramp. At the top he turned and waved his hat in response to another little clatter of handclaps. Thus the President set off last week on his second tour of the Eastern...
...this sudden access of fame. It is understandable that a Harvard president must look to his wardrobe, but also let him keep up on his mountaineering. For sheer refreshment, Calvin Coolidge in an Indian war bonnet is nothing to the sight of Mr. Conant on a mountain top, coatless, hatless, and unkempt. And some day, if the Fates are kind, we may catch a glimpse of him lounging along Quincy St., in a shabby tweed jacket, and trousers breaking slightly around the knee...