Word: pairs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...given the city a business administration, progressive and clean. He is an Elk, a Mason, a Redman, a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, with a slack, ready mouth, a touch of Irish in his nose, a touch of Scandinavian in his cheek bones, and a pair of spectacles. His name is Arthur E. Nelson...
...platform stood the British, French and Italian Ambassadors to Germany, their faces wreathed in smiles. They whispered into the ear of Herr Stresemann. Then they shook his hand and that of his colleague, Chancellor Luther, who was also going. As Herr Stresemann clambered into his compartment, yet another pair of lips spoke quick and soft in his ear. They belonged to Monsignor Pacelli, the Papal Nuncio, who had come to whisper the deep counsel of the Vicar of Christ...
...pair of picturesque and talkative prize fighters who were suddenly taken up by society...
...POOR NUT-A college youth who had more brains than social brilliance, but made up for the latter with a fleet pair of legs...
...line dramatic critics have recently been aghast at the impertinence of the King's Way theatre in London in producing "Hamlet" in modern settings and modern costumes. In this production the melancholy Dane himself wore a well-tailored pair of knickerbockers. Ophelia went raving mad in the old regrettable fashion, even though quite up to date with a boyish bob and scandalously short skirt; and Laertes proved himself an adept at inhaling cigarettes. On the face of it, the play thus produced appeals as a clever burlesque; yet the producers seem to have been quite serious, being convinced that, after...