Word: tunic
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...weathered the Nazi occupation (despite one death report) in Morocco, put on a private fashion show to let Paris friends see the too-chichi gowns and hats she will wear on tour with E.N.S.A. (British U.S.O.). Her favorite getup: a "Russian" costume (see cut) featuring a white satin tunic, black velvet trimming, a train...
...Treverorum, in 14 B.C. by the Emperor Augustus, became the chief city of the Gallic tribe of Treveri. Because of its strategic location, Diocletian made Augusta Treverorum an important provincial capital. Constantine the Great beautified it. His mother, Empress Saint Helena, presented it with the "Holy Coat" or Seamless Tunic of Christ, which remains to this day the chief treasure of Trier's 4th Century cathedral. On the other hand, Trier is also the birthplace of Karl Marx. The Nazis set up a printing establishment in his house, then Allied bombs destroyed...
...accomplice in crime and I pushed our way through the crowd and grabbed Freyberg by the tails of his tunic. He turned round and, exercising his privilege as an "Old Boy," gruffly ordered us to "absquatulate," which means nothing worse than "scram." But we were inspired at having touched with our hands a real, live hero and a good Samaritan...
...indaba (discussion). Would not the white men disclose the killing of the giraffe? "Kill them," advised Twaitwai. Tammai and Kiree did. All night, they burned the bodies. Next morning, they took away the white men's bones and clothes as muti (magic medicine) for witchcraft. A torn khaki tunic, dropped by the wayside, led police to Twaitwai, Tammai and Kiree...
Napoleon's observation that a soldier will walk through hell to get a ribbon for his tunic did not mean that a given amount of hell invariably produced a given ribbon. To fighting men before and since, the inequities of medal awards have always been a sore subject. The current issue of the official Marine Corps Gazette gives Marine Captain Richard G. Hubler a chance to dig the old subject up again for World...