Word: tailcoated
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...DISAPPOINTING that, despite the coziness, many actors need a microphone to be heard One of the few who do not need help is Sam Scalamoni. When he first appears in the back of the dark theater singing "Prepare Ye the Way of the Lord" and sporting a multi-colored tailcoat, Scalamont fills the house by himself. Scalamont, cast as both John the Bapost and Judas, nandies madness subtly the switch from Christ's right-hand man to His betrayer, gradually separating himself from the other joyful, rag-clad actors. He easily outshines James Weatherstone, who is uninspiring as Jesus...
Moving up through the crowd of runners, we found our pace as the pack began to thin a little, leaving room for a normal stride. One of the first highlights of the race was a glimpse of Groucho Marx running by in a tailcoat, undershorts, bow tie, glasses and cigar, speeding through the field in characteristic bent-over running style...
...made his trip as President-elect, traveling by battleship (much against the wishes of outgoing President Calvin Coolidge, who tried to get him to go in a cruiser, because "it would not cost so much"). His reception in Buenos Aires was so tumultuous that the Argentine President had his tailcoat ripped up the back. Hoover also journeyed into Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, met Bolivian government chiefs on a U.S. warship in the Pacific, was the target of an abortive bomb plot by anarchists in Argentina. During his trip. Hoover coined the historic phrase "good neighbors," and later he speeded...
...confused blend of sound into the blossom-bedecked Chamber of Deputies in Rio's Tiradentes Palace, but the spectators seemed unaware of the background noise or the extravagant colors of the tropical flowers. All attention centered on a pale, slender man in white tie and black tailcoat. "I swear," he said, tense with emotion, "to uphold, defend and obey the Constitution of the Republic, and to maintain its union, integrity and independence." Intoned the presiding officer of the Chamber of Deputies: "I proclaim you, Juscelino Kubitschek, President of the Republic for a period of five years...
...will be back in an hour.") Around him swirled admirers, newspapermen, photographers, bullfighters and favor-seekers, helping themselves to the free Scotch and brandy, and filling the room with smoke and babble. His three personal servants bustled to unpack 15 leather bags, containing 17 suits and a tailcoat, a small treasure in jewelry, seven gold-embroidered bullfight costumes, and a batch of books which included Shakespeare (in Spanish) and Cervantes...