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Word: shirts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...England beginning which is shown us here. It is sturdy, realistic, at times decorative, but it is always purposeful. The figureheads usually illustrate the name of the ship, such as the "Abraham Lincoln," or an owner or ship's officer. In any case he was shown complete, from ruffled shirt to whiskers. Again, a stubby little mariner sighting with his sextant advertises the shop of an instrument maker; a "Bell in Hand" proclaims a famous Boston tavern. Thus they all had clarity. And as they were made to be painted in colors, they had directness and simplicity of modeling. Those...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Collections and Critiques | 1/29/1937 | See Source »

...Mayfair to strut the hot numbers, Paul Haakon to leap through the smooth ones. There is Bert Lahr, the most emphatic comedian on the revue stage, as a noisy Hollywood actor trying to chisel out of paying his income tax and as an over-manly baritone in a hickory shirt bellowing, "What do you chop when you chop a tree!" while occasionally getting an untimely handful of chips thrown in his face from the wings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Jan. 4, 1937 | 1/4/1937 | See Source »

There are also a number of "pessimistic personal statements muttered by members of the Class. 'I never married, but I can't see that I saved a nickel by it. 'My four years at Harvard were wasted. I still can't keep the top stud in my dress shirt'. 'No spik Englies...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Plans for Reunion of Class of 1912 Are Already Under Way | 1/4/1937 | See Source »

...famed mainly for potatoes and Senator Borah- was Count Schaffgotsch's choice. Among its natural advantages: slopes free from timber, surrounding peaks up to 12,000 ft. above sea level to shut off cold northern winds, snow from December to April, sun hot enough for skiing without a shirt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Snow in Idaho | 12/28/1936 | See Source »

Matthews' Shirt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 21, 1936 | 12/21/1936 | See Source »

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