Word: uniform
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...klieg lights-"a peach-tinted liquid foundation, a touch of red-blue powder rouge . . ." The coronation gown, bejeweled and embroidered white satin, swished softly. On top of it went the crimson parliamentary robe to be worn to the Abbey. The Duke of Edinburgh, blond and handsome in the uniform of an admiral of the fleet, joined her, and together they visited the nursery to say good morning to their excited children, Prince Charles and Princess Anne. Then it was time...
...Reds reached power in the British Empire. Last week, the P.P.P.s went right on setting precedents. For the formal opening of the new colonial Assembly, in which they hold 18 of 24 seats, party members agreed to wear what may turn out to be a sort of new Communist uniform for the tropics-white suits and red ties. The party's three women members were scheduled to appear in white dresses, with red rosettes at the shoulder...
...Niagara will run full blast from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. during the tourist season. At night it will be slowed to half speed, with hydroelectric plants harnessing the excess water. Result: the steady erosion of the falls' crests will slow down, and the water will be a uniform aquamarine. Cost...
...lugubrious picture of innocent first year men grinding away over their books, never realizing how little work is necessary to secure a degree. While this is accurate for some, there are many whose experience was different and therefore to whom this section will mean nothing. The House articles are uniformly tub-thumping as are many of the others, an attitude by no means uniform in "317's" readers. Nonetheless, this sort of trouble is, I think, inevitable, and the Yearbook has avoided its more objectionable forms...
From the Civil War through World War II, Negro soldiers were kept in segregated units. Despite individual bravery, their morale and performance were generally low. In World War II there were some outstanding Negro units, but of all the Negroes in uniform (about 1,000.000), 90% were kept in rear-area service outfits. During the Battle of the Bulge, when he urgently needed reinforcements, General Eisenhower put Negro service troops through a quick combat training course, attached them in platoon strength to line companies. The experiment worked: the Negro troops, more or less unsegregated for the first time, made...