Word: tweed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Hardly Wait." There was nothing stuffy about Peter Marshall, even when he thundered from the pulpit against liquor, sexy magazine pictures, and Hollywood divorces. He wore tweed jackets, polo shirts and bright ties, chain-smoked cigarettes and once surprised some elderly churchwomen by banging on a piano and singing Oh, You Beautiful Doll. A member of no party, he called himself "progressive and liberal." At times his philosophy was reflected in pointed prayers before the Senate. Marshall once implored: "Help us to care, as Thou dost care, for the little people who have no lobbyists, for the minority groups...
...Marshal, Lodge will take charge of the 25th Reunion of his class and will head the organization of the annual meeting of the Alumni Association. He and Harrison Tweed '07, president of the Association, will be jointly responsible for all alumni functions during Commencement weekend...
...Airplane Ticket. But none of this explained his death. Police, who hurried to the Institute's 16th floor offices, found few clues. Duggan's brown tweed overcoat and his briefcase (which contained a ticket for an airplane trip to Washington the next day) were placed near his desk. His left overshoe was on the floor; he had been wearing only the right one when he fell. Police found no note...
...entire history the bank has had only six presidents. This week President James E. Gowen upped himself to board chairman and Girard got its seventh president. He was no banker. But Geoffrey S. Smith, 47, whom friends describe as a "conservative tweed man," had just the blend of solidity, acumen and polish that Girard liked...
...sure to worm its way into the shelves (or secret drawers) of many a home, because it caters to the social yearnings of all classes-from the sportsman who needs to know what kind of mourning is appropriate to driven-bird shooting (a black arm band on a tweed coat) to the unfortunate who still needs to be told that "oil is mispronounced 'erl.' " Some of it is what the whole book imagines itself to be: plain common sense and practical advice. But there is also a great deal of pedantic nonsense whose prissiness would drive a climbing...