Word: silks
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Would he wear silk knee breeches to court...
...balls at the rail for a run of 163, then carelessly missed the first ball in an easy carom. It was Poensgen's turn to be nervous. He sniffed at a glass of ice-water, stared warily at the ceiling, plucked at the sleeves of his tight black silk jacket. His longest runs were 50 and 12. Soussa...
...Wilson for an anti-War editorial. But he went to War himself. Serious, sardonic, rather shy, today he says: 'T was just as bad a lunatic as anyone." In 1921 Nathan Straus Jr., a liberal, almost Socialistic Democrat, was elected to the New York State Senate, storming Manhattan's "Silk Stocking District" during a Republican landslide. He kept his seat until 1926. He has long been in the crockery business. His company, Nathan Straus & Sons Inc., is the biggest U. S. maker of hotel & restaurant equipment. He is an Elk, a Moose. Most Manhattanites regard him, chiefly for his long...
...temperature just beyond the plastic point but below the liquefaction mark. At this temperature felts can be cemented to the alloys. Upon cooling the felt adheres to the steel by means of the adhesive alloy. On the felt may be grafted further coatings-of asbestos, cellulose, imitations of wood, silk, jewels. The new metal may be rolled, drawn, pressed, corrugated. Chief difficulty is in getting exactly the right temperature and pressure to effect the amalgamation...
...main Bulletin Board of Lowell House there is now hanging a little strip of silk. It is not a large or particularly brilliant spot of color but it represents all that is implicit in the name of Lowell House. It is the Lowell House tie. It will, perhaps, not add much to the sartorial splendor of the carefree house member. It will not spruce up the drabness of last years grey flannels. But it will convey a jaunty mark of distinction. In the drawing rooms of Back Bay hearts will palpitate as the Lowell tie swings into the receiving line...