Word: trims
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...comparatively obscure alliance of Perry, Shaw & Hepburn, of Boston. Their previous works are few, but they illustrate an adroit understanding of the Colonial manner. The Greenough School in Dedham, Mass., The Waban School in Newton, St. Paul's Church in Newburyport, Mass.-these are neat examples of the trim New England style which indicate that the architects will be able to manage as fluent an interpretation of the more expansive symmetry that was popular in the South...
Foremost among the twelve loomed Field Marshal Viscount Allenby, still spruce at 67, who realized in 1917 the dream of Medieval Crusaders by capturing the Holy City of Jerusalem from Infidels who are still Infidels. Likewise among the twelve is Admiral Earl Jellicoe, trim and hearty at 68, who commanded the British Grand Fleet in the victorious though costly action at Jutland (1916) after which Ger mans did not again dispute the seas with Britons. The remaining Knights inducted, last week, were: General Sir Josceline Heneage Wodehouse, General Sir John Maxwell, Lieutenant General Sir Alfred Keogh, Admiral Sir Henry Bradwordine...
Surprise was not the reaction of well-posted observers. They know that the other judges of the World Court are not filled with gladness when they espy the ruddy, oval face and trim white beard of John Bassett Moore...
Beside the huge Fokker in which Byrd flew over the North Pole, the Josephine Ford, stood the yellowed Pride of Detroit, one of three trim Stinson planes, in which William Brock and Edward Schlee flew from Newfoundland to Japan, almost three-quarters of the way around the world...
...airplane chauffeur, costumed in trim livery, was retained last fortnight by Mary du Cauroy, 62, Duchess of Bedford. Recently she purchased a small, conveniently maneuverable "Moth" airplane, and transformed into a landing field the lawn in front of her home, Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire. The chauffeur is the final touch. He now pilots Her Grace back and forth to London, where she is busily engaged in performing electro-physical researches...