Word: lowerings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...whose coat should be "black-mixed, single breasted, with a rolling cape square at the end, and with pocket flaps: waist reaching to the natural waist, lapel of the same length; skirts reaching to the bend of the knee; three crows-feet, made of black silk cord, on the lower part of the sleeve of a Senior, two on that of the Junior, and one on that of a Sophomore. The pantaloons of black mixed or of black bombazet, or when of cotton or linen fabric of white. There must not be more than eight or less than six buttons...
Gubernatorial elections on the Mississippi's lower left bank are cross and colorful. Most Louisianans, state-proud, would rather be Governor than President. Republicans being as scarce in Louisiana as frogs in the Sahara, an all-Democratic primary such as was held last week, is all that matters...
...Soon she was sitting up in bed, surrounded by flowers, inquired after by throngs of distinguished callers, visited daily by the hardworking, wide-smiling, cigar-chewing man whom she kept from becoming an actor 30 years ago when his devotion to her was expressed in nightly trips from the lower East Side to her home in the far-off Bronx...
...Skirts an inch or two longer by day, but sweeping much lower at night...
...would justify the granting of a degree of Master of Arts to its graduate. The baccalaureate given to graduates from Professor Mather's junior college, however, could not compare with the same degree given in the leading universities now. Although it would give a concert value to the two lower degrees, and shorten the road to that of Doctor of Philosophy, this is the less desirable feature of the plan...