Word: satine
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...Mary Parkman Peabody had left her retired Episcopal bishop husband at home in Cambridge, donned sensible shoes, and gone south with three friends because, she said, "we decided that the Negroes needed help." On her first full day in town, Mrs. Peabody satin with Negroes at three segregated restaurants, a movie house and two motels. Next day, while sitting in at a segregated motel dining room with five Negroes, she was arrested for trespassing, being an undesirable guest, and conspiracy. Rather than post a $450 cash bond, Mrs. Peabody chose to spend two nights and two days...
...through something like 75 college offers, at one point had almost decided on Duke; he even signed a "letter of intent" to accept a scholarship. But then he started rereading college catalogues-and decided that Princeton was brainier. "I don't want to end up as just Old Satin Shorts Bradley," he explained at the time. Duke Coach Vic Bubas only sighs and clutches his chest. "Every time I hear his name, I get a sharp pain right here...
This full-dress regalia was first popularized in the 1890s by Prince Albert. It is dominated by a double-breasted frock coat but must also include a white pique shirt with a wing collar, a white pique waistcoat, black trousers with a satin stripe, black patent leather shoes, and a silk top hat. The hat may be stored neatly by collapsing it into a frisbee-like disk...
Most popular with satin shawl collar, the tuxedo also comes in peaked lapels; even notched lapels trimmed in braid were recently introduced. A pleated formal shirt with French cuffs, black bow tie, and Cummerbund, and black Oxford shoes and hose finish the outfit. However, young men in this area have been known to dispense with the French cuffs and Oxford shoes without disasterous effects...
...summer, of course, the coat of the tuxedo is white allowing for colored ties and cumberbunds. On formal occasions there is a satin stripe on the trousers which the cummberbund must match...