Word: skirtsful
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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The skirts of the Imperial Victoria will swish and the unctuous tones of Disraeli will whisper in the council chambers as Britain girds its loins to once again resume the "white man's burden." Gouty lords and Cockney navvies, with tongue in ruddy British cheek and sturdy British finger...
As in The Little Colonel, The Littlest Rebel presents Shirley Temple in hoop skirts and high-button shoes, pairs her with Tap Dancer Bill Robinson. Still first-rate entertainment are the steps the two per form in a slave cabin, when they wish to distract a Yankee colonel, and again...
Still withholding formal acknowledgment of his candidacy, Governor Landon continued last week to play his role of conscientious public servant modestly awaiting a call to higher service. But Wall Street betting commissioners would offer no more than even money against his nomination. Press picture services were ready to bet 1...
Fortnight ago, a chill spell made firm the flooded tennis courts of the Park Avenue Skating Club. Grateful for the chance to exhibit her wares outdoors, Skater Vinson spun gracefully through the air, displayed startling designs to admirers. Finishing an elementary figure-eight, she suddenly teetered, screeched, bumped her bottom...
Playing skirts on a bagpipe that has been in the Carnegie family for 40 years, sporting kilts and the black, green and plum Carnegie tartan, barrel-chested Hugh Grant arrived in Manhattan to take part in the 100th anniversary of Andrew Carnegie's birth. Since 1921 Scot Grant has...