Word: pe
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...ecclesiastical crépe-hanger of England?" "I neither affirm nor deny...
...Coolidge's gown for the reception was described as "rust colored satin-faced crêpe, made on a narrow tube foundation, with a single piece of drapery crossing the skirt at the hips in plain, close lines so as to give a jabot effect in front ... an enameled buckle of rust and jade . . . sleeves long and close-fitting, the neckline square in front with high shoulders . . . string of small jade beads . . . gown eight or possibly nine inches off the floor . . . satin pumps and hosiery of the same neutral tones, with pumps darker than the hosiery...
...death of Drusus, 9 B.C. Knowledge of the contents of the lost books was derived from so-called periochae, or epitomes, an almost complete set of which was extant. The recovered books, it was said at Naples, were "destined to revolutionize the whole history of the Roman pe riod." Professor Delis also stated that Professor di Martino-Fusco had discovered two other codices of immense importance-rumored to be a First Century life of Christ, a life of St." Januarius, Patron of Naples...
Included among the advertisements were " PE-RU-NA," "The Utah-California Exploration Co." and " Vinex, Formerly Known As Rattle Snake Oil" (cure for deafness...
...dancing and light wines. Perhaps if they saw more of the English and American plays that are written about them they would be neither so polite nor so gay. At any rate, in most American drama, the French male character who is old enough to have a crêpe-beard has, in general, the choice between just two roles. He is always noble, and if he does not display his noblesse oblige by pursuing the chaste young heroine around and around the room with the scarlet curtains, he devotes himself to lamenting the vanished glories of his ancestral chateau...