Word: suite
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...wife, the daughter of Richard Powell, a strong Royalist from near Oxford. It was almost impossible that the marriage should turn out happily, not did it. Mary Powell was little over 1 years old, while Milton was 35. More over she was scarcely of a temperament which would easily suit itself to his. In a very short time she went on a visit to her parents and refused to return...
...Mexico. Richard C. Dillon, the new Governor, appeared at his inaugural ball in a tuxedo. Three weeks ago, he had threatened to wear a business suit, had said...
...hardly want to begin to put on dog* at my age." Governor Dillon compromised to the extent of putting on semi-"dog." A full dress suit, as Emily Post would confess in higher language, is considered full...
...Dayton, Tenn. Mr. Darrow has saved the lives of two young Jews, Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold; Mr. Hays has defended the civil right of many a Negro. Last week the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People announced that these two potent champions would press the suit of Blanche S. Brookins against the Pullman Co. and the Atlantic Coast Line Railway for damages of $25,000. The Negress charges that the defendants subjected her to "insult, mortification and injury to her nervous system and general health"; that she was a passenger in interstate commerce (having bought through accommodations...
...week at Mexico City, clad in precisely the colors of male diplomatic attire, black and white. Instead of a "dress shirt" she wore a white crepe de chine blouse. Instead of a "dress tie" she wore a white crepe band around her black cloche hat. Instead of a "dress suit" she wore a black silk cape, and simulated the effect of diplomatic knee breeches by having her black silk dress fall barely below the knees...