Word: sashes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Robert E. Lee, the "most magnificent man I ever saw," stands on the steps of a house, faultlessly uniformed in grey, with sword, sash, boots and "beautiful" spurs...
...pipes from their mouths and dressed themselves as anything, from Roman invaders to the Marx brothers. The ladies favored near-nudity, though a handful of sartorial reactionaries came in 18th Century court dress. One man, recently returned from Washington war chores, just wore a seersucker suit with a red sash and a blinding orange tie he had been given by U.S. Steel President Ben Fairless...
Just before Peron put on the sash of office, he brought about Government control of the six great Argentine universities, the Buenos Aires stockmarket, the all-powerful Central Bank, and the Industrial Union (equivalent of the U.S.'s National Association of Manufacturers). Once inaugurated, Peron paid off some old scores. The Government bureaucracy got the biggest shake-up in a generation; everyone "not identified with revolutionary ideals or imbued with the precepts of social justice" was suspect...
Princess Elizabeth was to get her first honorary degree next week. The University of London decided the proper thing would be a Bachelor of Music. Meanwhile, a tartan sash over her white gown, she did all right in the dance department, with a fine Highland reel at the Royal Canadian Ball...
Carmine & Scarlet. The campaign had been frenzied, but on voting day there was little trouble for the 70,000 carabinieri and crack police mobilized to keep order. Near the Vatican young Communists wearing scarlet neckerchiefs eyed with composure the carmine sash of 95-year-old Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte, dean of the College of Cardinals, as he cast his vote. King Umberto, after long discussions with his advisers, decided to vote. Queen Marie-José had to wait in line for half an hour...