Word: ornamentations
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...incorrect. When the original designers took their idea to America's greatest heraldic wood carver in 1929 they were politely thrown out of the shop. The craftsman said he would not be party to such nonsense. He proved to his would-be elients that the lozenged shape of the ornament was the heraldic symbol of spinsterdom. Unmoved the Committee on House Decorations had the work done elsewhere...
...possibilities of such a work proved a little too much for those who sit in back rooms and pound out superlatives. "The Police are Liars," "The Police are Fakers," they assure us. Snappy mottos, these, emblazoned in three foot red capitals, snappy mottos to garner quarters and to ornament the ad man's paradise...
...James Bryant Conant: You having been duly chosen to be president of Harvard University, I do now, in the name of its governing bodies, and in accordance with ancient custom, declare you are vested with all the powers and privileges of that office. . . . May you long be an ornament to the illustrious position that you now assume. In the dim future may men speak of the three great presidents of Harvard, as Eliot, Lowell, and Conant...
...sometimes cited as the first users of rubber. The tiger looks more like a pale green toad with a semi-human crested head making a horrid bawling grimace. It is about the size of a big apple, with holes in the topknot and sides, apparently for use as an ornament. Last week jade experts swarmed around the toad-tiger...
Offers of aid came from many directions. One Meyer Glickstein, lawyer, offered his services free on behalf of the Curb Market, immediately announced that the legal aspects of the case hinged entirely on whether a picture market would contribute to the "utility, ornament, or pleasure of the people." Richard Dudensing offered to hang works of unemployed artists free in his gallery of modern art. So did several restaurants, hat shops, delicatessens. Chairman Porter politely declined these offers, explained that the artists were looking for a chance to sell their works directly to the public. Heeding the wave of public interest...