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Word: raincoated (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...front is waffle pique in white, the back is cotton eyelet in pink. It boasts a halter neck, a bouffant skirt, and a bow in the back. If a girl chooses to lift umbrellas while waiting for a storm outside to quiet down, this beige-and-white striped raincoat (left), lined in olive-green with a pocket on the sleeve is hers for $25. Ideal for the girl (below) who wants to pet her oriental tiger or play with her orientals dolls are these black chino toreador pants for $5.98 with a black cotton classic blouse for $4.98. The black...

Author: By Martha E. Miller, | Title: When the Living Is Easy | 5/4/1956 | See Source »

...having this or that, but the resouceful type knows otherwise--he can get along anyway. Take sex, for instance. Adams House, of course. A beehive with trapdoors. The Gettysburg of the war of the sexes. The Casbah. Well, if you can't dress your girl in khakis and a raincoat, or climb out a street floor window, then you don't deserve even the concessions we've been able to get for you (necking from four until seven on weekdays, until eight on Friday and Sundays, and until eleven on Saturday, except when there are house dances, when...

Author: By David Royce, | Title: Choosing a House: Some Bitter Truths | 3/29/1956 | See Source »

...theme that had been germinating in his mind since 1915. In a rapturous letter Burchfield described the final harvest: "Hardly had I set up my easel when a thunderstorm came up. I decided nothing was going to stop my painting, and hurriedly got my huge beach umbrella and my raincoat. I protected my legs with a portfolio, the wind holding it in place. And so I painted with my nose almost on the paper, with thunder crashing, boughs breaking and rain falling in torrents. A glorious few hours when I seemed to become part of the elements. When...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art from Nature | 1/23/1956 | See Source »

...undergraduate removed the bronze from the second floor of Fogg on Friday night at the private opening of the Reubens exhibition. Although the thief escaped undetected with the piece under his raincoat, an attendant noticed his "suspicious behavior" and when the piece was missed next morning, reported the student. The piece was recovered Saturday afternoon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Student Steals Valuable Statue; Bust Recovered Within 24 Hours | 1/17/1956 | See Source »

...rainy day when Florence's Mayor Giorgio La Pira was a Deputy in Rome, he characteristically started for the door without umbrella, overcoat, or hat. A fellow Deputy insisted on lending him a raincoat. An hour later, La Pira returned, dripping from head to foot. To the astonished Deputy, he explained: "I came across an old man in the street who was cold . . ." "Yes," stammered the Deputy, "but that was my raincoat." La Pira replied soothingly: "You can buy another, my son, you can buy another...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Little Political Pope | 9/19/1955 | See Source »

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