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Word: uniform (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...designed a uniform for the Red Cross Motor Corps, brought back the knit bathing suit, and after the war brought out a full, long-skirted style (when Paris later did the same, it was dubbed the New Look...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FASHION: The American Look | 5/2/1955 | See Source »

Under the revised oath, if an advanced student notes that he had belonged to a subversive group, he is denied a uniform until the military department has completed a full investigation...

Author: By Bernard M. Gwertzman, | Title: Defense Dept. Modifies ROTC Loyalty Pledge | 4/21/1955 | See Source »

...main criticism was that students of land grant colleges, where ROTC is compulsory for two years, were often discriminated against by this old oath. If a student put down on his questionnaire that he had belonged to a subversive group, he was deprived of his uniform, but was forced to take a similar "military training" course by himself...

Author: By Bernard M. Gwertzman, | Title: Defense Dept. Modifies ROTC Loyalty Pledge | 4/21/1955 | See Source »

...rain which fell during the first part of the race did little to retard the runners. Chrisman said it made his uniform slightly uncomfortable, but Pates and Anderson felt it did them a service by cooling them down. "It rained hard enough to get wet, but not hard enough to get a drink." Childs complained after ward...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Three Seniors Compete B.A.A. Marathon | 4/20/1955 | See Source »

Then the scene shifted. The lights went up and the stage expanded to reveal the glittering, oak-paneled prime ministerial dining room inside. Portraits of Wellington, Nelson, Pitt and Fox stared down from the walls as the guests took their seats. Garbed in full uniform or official court dress, some 50 of them were ranged along the U-shaped table. There were the bemedaled Generals Montgomery and Alexander, who had led great armies under Winston Churchill's direction during World War II. There was quiet, modest Clem Attlee, his longtime colleague and longtime opponent. There, gracious and smiling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: The Prime Backbencher | 4/18/1955 | See Source »

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