Word: homburger
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...delegate to the truce conference. The admiral wore a plain Navy overcoat without stripes or shoulder boards; only his gold-braided cap marked him as a naval officer. Said a British newsman who was watching the scene: "If you switched that cap of Libby's for a Homburg, he'd look like any banker or solicitor arriving for a day's work at the office. And that helicopter of his gets to look more like a limousine every...
...landed at Orly field and disgorged 87 Russians, led by moon-faced Jacob Malik. Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky was due next day. From the U.S. came Secretary of State Dean Acheson and an entourage of 93, including Warren Austin and Eleanor Roosevelt. From London came Anthony Eden with his Homburg and a briefcase filled with problems...
...Eden retains much of the glamour of the handsome, Homburg-hatted Foreign Secretary of the '30s. He is the party's only big drawing card apart from Churchill, and is a much better House of Commons man than his leader, who is growing deaf and is often querulous or outpaced in debate. Eden knows just how much M.P.s will take. He never makes the mistake of seeming virulent or spiteful-and is a past master at the British art of making a speech which seems to be above party politics...
Through France's political revolving door, seven potential Premiers have whizzed in, whizzed out in the past six weeks. All were unable to form a cabinet. Last week one succeeded. The new Premier: tall (6 ft. 2 in.) taciturn René Pleven, who affects Homburg hats and an arctic reserve. He succeeded partly because all France was tired of revolving door politics...
...week's end, having called in a tailor for some fast work, MacArthur put on civilian clothes publicly for the first time in years, turned up at the Polo Grounds in a snappy double-breasted grey suit and a light grey homburg, looking younger and more erect than he did in his well-worn uniform. The P.A. system boomed out a recorded 17-gun salute as the MacArthurs were escorted to a flag-draped box. "We are going to ... watch the long hits, mark the errors and razz the umpire, even if we know he is right," announced...