Word: ribboned
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Whoever wrote this article deserves some sort of medal, honorable mention, or blue ribbon. It is unquestionably the best piece of this type of journalism I have seen in many and many...
...Gothic Vaulting of the Vagabond's narrow cell grew dim in the dusk of the late afternoon. Outside the rain drizzled down, blanket upon blanket, showing the streets below a black ribbon in which closely wrapped figures hastened under the shuddering arcs to the bright shelter of heated chambers. Through the racing, crowding thunderheads above, there still broke a few dull rays of yellow light, which reflected eyrily from Memorial's gray and blood slates into the oaken garret. The Vagabond turned from the casement to the dark and empty chimney corner and lighted the lamp by his deep leathern...
...Ormond Beach, Fla., John D. Rockefeller Sr, reviewed the children's parade in a village street fair, watched a 5-year-old girl do a toe-dance. He asked a prizewinner, "What will you give me if I give you this ribbon?" The little girl gave him a kiss. He chuckled and kissed her hand, later put his hand on a child's head and spryly kicked over...
...Prohibition pass. Fred Pabst turned to cheese, ginger ale. near beer, pop. While he was doing so a chemist, Harris Perlstein. in Chicago picked up an old brewery and started to make malt syrup in a bigger and more profitable way than the ex-brewers. "Blue Ribbon" was Pabst's beer and Perlstein took '"Blue Ribbon'' for his syrup. Pabst sued and lost, but long enmity was not engendered. Last autumn efficient Mr. Perlstein bought control of Pabst (TIME, Nov. 14), became president of Premier-Pabst. Fred Pabst and four of his six sons are still...
...since the Salon of 1875 his steady succession of portraits and mistresses had been gaining fame but it was not until the turn of the Century that Boldini entered his Grand Period. He was preeminently the artist of the Edwardian era, of the pompadour, the champagne supper and the ribbon-trimmed chemise...