Word: raiment
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Amid general pomp, masculine gold braid, feminine fine raiment, the new Governor General took the oath of office in the Legislative Council of Quebec. Later he lunched at the Chateau Frontenac, famed hotel. Still later, a special train sped the Governor General and his entourage to Ottawa...
...music lasted until a late hour at the Senior Dance last night: the success of which augurs well for the gala Class Day program set for today. The Yard is in full raiment for the festivities to greet returning graduates, and Groundkeeper Dennis Enright reported last night that the Stadium award is in perfect condition for this afternoon's affairs...
...middle age who, in 1295 A. D., returned to their native Venice after an absence of 26 years, so changed that they had to beat their way into their own house past forgetful relatives. They drove doubt from their listeners' minds by many changes of rich raiment during a banquet they straightway held, and by slitting seams of the rags they had arrived in and pouring forth heaps of jade, diamonds, rubies and other stones of the Far East. Even then they were not fully believed, and from the numbers of men and the distances they described, their audiences became...
Last week idlers in Florida beheld what is now known as "a protracted assassination." The weapon: a smooth steel club with a crook in it and a wooden haft. The assassin: a swart, puss-footed gentleman with a debonair smile, immaculate raiment and merciless accuracy of eye and wrist. He dealt his blows delicately, at infrequent intervals, seeming to select moments when he could most bitterly annoy his prey. His prey: a chunky, blond youth with a grim but cheerful smile...
Charles Chauncy, second president of the College holding office from 1654 to 1671, presents his "many grievances and temptations" before the General Court, stating "that his salary was not sufficient for the comfortable supply of his family with necessary food and raiment; that provision for the President was not suitable, being without land to keep either a horse or a cow upon, or habitation to be dry or warm in; whereas, in English University, the President is allowed diet, as well as stepend, and other necessary provisions, according to his wants...