Word: lacing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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This bit of bravado did not seriously damage Raphael's reputation, and the Pre-Raphaelites themselves grew to seem the epitome of Victorianism, sweet as treacle and finicky as a lace antimacassar. Too pretty, too pious and too much concerned with the past, read the 20th century's indictment. Pre-Raphaelite prices sank so low that in 1955, one work, Ford Madox...
...European extravaganzas make clear how unsophisticated this country has been in the world of fashion. A visiting costume of printed challis is charming in its simplicity, but the next mannequin is weighted down with white brocaded taffeta and swamped under a skirt of orange tufts of tulle and lace rosettes...
...rest in the valley-may illuminate much that has lain dark and shadowy for the people of the Yaak. At the Fields' place, for example, the lights will brighten walls that are hung with old rifles, a couple of powder horns, pictures of relatives in high lace collars and, of course, a photo of the President of the U.S.-Abe Lincoln...
...said Lace, his "containment policy" had worked fairly well since Cornell had held the Crimson to two goals. But no one likes to lose, and so Lace was not happy...
Strangely enough, Cornell Coach Jerry Lace was not happy, either, True, he had relied on a kind of "no win," defensive strategy, but one did not have to conclude, he claimed, that he had come to Cambridge to lose, though he fully expected...