Word: twill
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...tale loups along wi' a high jink an' diddle, an' forbye 'twill gie the whole bairntime a blype o' kecklin an' snirtlin. Attour, the spunkie singin' o' Brochan Lorn Tana Lorn an' the sicht o' the banks an' braes o' bonnie Argyll in sic a spairge o' green an' gowd is like to hae the harigals out o' ony mon wi' a drap o' Scottish bluid, an' that's the fu' graip o' gulravage...
...execution was carried out with the utmost consideration for the victim, for in his term in office schoolmasterly Guy Mollet had won national popularity. "We cannot give you our confidence without betraying our voters," apologized Farmer Deputy Joseph Cadic. Mollet caught the drift, sighed: "Oh well, 'twill be an amusing end. After overthrowing us, people will come to tell us how much they really like us and how courageous we have been...
...Force Chief of Staff Nathan Farragut Twining officially approved a summer and tropical uniform: "silver-tan" cotton twill Bermuda-length shorts, long socks, short-sleeved shirts, belted bush jackets and pith helmets. The new uniform will not be available in a post exchange until this fall, will not be issued to recruits until next July, and will not be worn throughout the Air Force until 1959. For the time being, no one will be allowed to wear shorts off-base. Explained an Air Force officer, "We have to get used to looking at our knees, and that's going...