Word: minked
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...first crack of a 21-gun salute greeted the princess when she appeared in the doorway. She wore a slate-blue dress, matching velvet hat, mink jacket and black laced, high-heeled shoes (the first of many expected fashion hints). Followed by Prince Philip, in a Royal Navy lieutenant commander's uniform, she walked down the steep steps to be greeted by Viscount Alexander and Prime Minister Louis St.-Laurent. Smiling, wholly composed, Elizabeth quickly reviewed an R.C.A.F. honor guard, then with her husband boarded a black Chrysler convertible which swung slowly past the cheering crowd to a special...
...been cleaner, never enjoyed a better reputation. The trouble is that so many of the scandals have struck so close to the top: Truman himself and the Deep Freezers, Harry Vaughan and his friends among the five-percenters, three district Collectors of Internal Revenue appointed by the President, a mink coat to a White House stenographer, a camera to a presidential secretary, and then the story of Bill Boyle...
...Great Britain's public morality fared under the enormously increased temptations of the welfare state and government-in-business? Any mink coats? Any Bill Boyles? TIME Correspondent David Richardson cabled...
...recent writer for the American Legion's monthly magazine fears that an article by National Commander Earl Cocke, Jr. was too subtle for Legion members. There was some question whether readers would recognize their commander's references to "pastel mink coats, Phi Beta Kappa keys, and deference to the British Foreign Office." In answer to this call for help from the ranks, "American Legion" has taken off its kid gloves...
...Chairmen. Green's daughter knew some folks, too. She worked in Matt Connelly's White House office, where she was friendly with Mrs. Merl (mink coat) Young. Called to the stand, Green had to be excused for incoherence. "Have you been drinking anything today?" asked Senator Joe McCarthy. Green replied with the partial admission and justification that has been standard in all phases of the recent hearings: "I had one Martini at lunchtime . . . only one. Is there anything wrong with that...