Word: suiting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Orville Wright, whom the President extolled, was not present. A train derailment had delayed him. When he arrived and unobstrusively entered the conference hall by a side door, a short grey-haired man in a sack suit, the delegates rose and applauded. He smiled, said nothing, took a seat near Charles Augustus Lindbergh. Later in the sessions, when Col. Lindbergh was summoned to accept the bronze Clifford Harmon trophy, he was obliged to step over Mr. Wright's feet. Nothing was said. A moment later, Assistant Secretary of Commerce MacCracken called Mr. Wright to join Col. Lindbergh...
...interview with a CRIMSON reporter, Miss Braggiotti, feature dancer of the show, summed up the attitude of the cast: "I think 'Fiesta' is perfectly all right. It is Mexico. It is the people as they are. Why should nature be changed to suit those bigots whose minds misinterpret natural actions and truthful portraiture as attempts at immorality and the risque...
...Gray patents are valued at $250,000,000. If the Bethlehem company wins its suit, U. S. Steel, besides being prevented from making further Gray beams, may have to pay damages equal to three times the value of such beams as it has made in violation of the patents. No estimate of these damages has been forthcoming...
Grace: For the first time in my life I have seen you in a decent suit of clothes...
...Wyckoff named Cecelia Shere corespondent in her suit, which was granted...