Word: uniforms
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Neville Chamberlain, buttoned into the gold-laced uniform of a privy councilor, rose up before a decoration-studded audience which knew that the pound had just performed a spectacular swoop on 'change and that the unrepentant Labor Party was about to try to put England into 100% Socialism. But, unlike any other of the world's chief Finance Ministers, Mr. Chamberlain had the facts of prosperity on his side. Said...
...tanks containing the processed milk. At each immersion a film of milk adheres to the wire and dries, any excess falling back into the tank. Thus, by repeated dippings, the insulation is built around the conductor, the wire is accurately centred, and the wall thickness of the insulation is uniform...
...serious Princess Barbara Hutton Mdivani. His friend Marilyn Miller got Chorusman O'Brien to let him take a part in As Thousands Cheer one night. At the proper moment, when Marilyn Miller was impersonating Barbara Hutton in a skit, ''Jimmy" Donahue minced onstage in a princely uniform, fawned over the lady's hand. No one in the audience noticed the substitution, but it was the last straw for the managers of As Thousands Cheer. "Chet" O'Brien lost his job. Dancer Miller followed him out of the show...
...number of capable candidates than the sparsely settled western states. It is unfortunate that the Rhodes Scholarship is awarded according to geographical location and not in regard to population distribution. Even if an amendment to the Rhodes Trust is necessary, some plan should be adopted to make a more uniform selection of men. Also, men should be nominated who have a vital interest in pursuing research in one intellectual field and not in mere generalization and the acquisition of a superficial dilettantism...
Another departure from past years is the fact that the players will wear exactly the same uniform in games, with the exception of the shoes, that they wear in practice sessions. Previously, the footballers, were a different uniform on Saturdays. Outside of the ever-present economic reason, the players often have a feeling of comradeship with the old uniforms and also hey have become used to certain shoulder pads and are put off their best game by being forced to break in a new set of pads...