Word: ribboned
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Vogue, she never knew she was a Surrealist until Old Surrealist André Breton came to Mexico and told her so. In a note on her exhibition last week at the Julien Levy Gallery, Surrealist Breton expanded in precious French, ending by describing her painting as "a ribbon around a bomb...
...gave up her usual afternoon activities to stand with White House newshounds outside the office of her friend Franklin Roosevelt. When the door opened she tumbled inside first ahead of the pack, and handed the President of the United States a big red apple wrapped in a white silk ribbon. "Is it a McIntosh?" smiled Mr. Roosevelt. "No, I'm sorry-it's a sheep's nose," trilled Evie. "We'll have to try them in Dutchess County," remarked Squire Roosevelt, still smiling, and turned to the business of his press conference...
LONDON--The Evening News offered today in an editorial on President Roosevelt's declaration regarding Palestine, to give the country to the United States "tied up in a blue ribbon...
...United States can ask the League of Nations to transfer the Palestine mandate to them and our government, if not entirely bereft of its senses, will hand it over tied up with a blue ribbon and a courteous note of thanks for favors rendered," the newspaper said...
Schuschnigg is going to be tried by a "blue-ribbon" jury in Vienna. . . . Mr. Stalin has rolled up an admirable record of convictions by the "blue-ribbon" route...