Word: tans
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...communique follows: "Having received a fresh carload of black-and-tan orchids from Jackson Hole, New Hampshire, the Young Voters Boondoggling and Temperance League is in a position to donate these touching tokens. Tomorrow's orchid goes to the lucky newly-wed, James Michael Curley, and will be presented on the State House steps by our post commander...
Last week from the auditorium walls of Washington's new Department of Labor Building ten flat black & tan faces stared importantly out over a large audience. In the audience, hundreds of three-dimensional black & tan faces beamed pridefully back. The flat faces belonged to Federal Art Project portraits of men who have served the District of Columbia as Recorders of Deeds since Reconstruction days. The three-dimensional faces belonged to leaders of Washington's largo Negro population who turned out in formal attire to witness the unveiling of the portraits. They had come to pay homage...
...Coolidge said: "Many will remember 'Bimbo' the gibbon that made a name for himself in the film 'Chang'. Gibbons stand about three feet high and weigh about twelve pounds. The gibbon is covered with a furry coat that may vary in color from black, with white markings, to light tan or silver. . . . They have a flattened face with a human looking nose. The scientific name for the gibbon is 'Bylobates', which means treewalker. It is particularly appropriate as they swing through the trees by means of their long arms at a remarkable speed. They are the most beautiful natural acrobats...
...rented from American Chicle Co. Among the pungent odors of formaldehyde and methyl alcohol, the smell of Chiclet chewing gum is still discernible. Most of the building is drab and dirty-windowed, but the administration offices, including that of President Dean L. Gamble, are cheerfully decorated in brown and tan. Bulky minerals and meteorites are kept in the cellar bones in bins or on the floor, small fossils and semiprecious stones in trays under glass...
...close second, however, and in the new stripes and worsted sharkskin patterns makes an exceedingly smart town suit. Vents--are longer and only in the center now. And while it is absolutely impossible to draw a line for all men, we still will guarantee that the prohibition of tan spats with formal wear will still continue...