Word: vesting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...robbery. Allied with the law for the duration of the Shelton trial, Charles Birger, sleek, suave, smartly-tailored, stepped into the witness' box, said, "Howdy, Sheltons!" spent 20 minutes swearing away 25 years of three men's lives. Beneath his well-cut coat he wore a steel-vest, bulletproof...
...vest was presented to the President, who, however, has not been seen to wear it. It is a Christmas gift, a home-tailored garment, from one Joe Stinson, of Rumsey, Ky. It is neatly pieced together from strips of the skin of a seven-foot rattlesnake. Five rattles went with the offering, in a pocket...
...Galliene has gathered around her an excellent company, and if she is not a great actress one is a great director. Her repertoire runs from comedy to tragedy, from Shakespeare to Ibsen. The prices, moreover, are accessible even to the man who carrles his fortune in his vest pocket...
...Tilley) and the Belgian Ambassador (M. Albert de Bassompierre). Sir John's son, Roger Tilley, who was sitting across the table, saw the man draw a knife and sprang toward the window as the man hurled it in my general direction. The knife entered Roger Tilley's vest just over his heart and would probably have killed him had not his gold cigaret case deflected it. Though confusion ensued I insisted that the luncheon go on as though nothing had happened. The Japanese police at once doubled the guard which attends Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf and myself...
...heavy. Hair-brown, thin, dry. Nose-Sloping, blunt, heavy spectacle-dented. Chin-overfleshed, strong. Cheeks-pads. Hands-puffy, unroughened. Body-well-fed. Legs-thick. Feet-plump. Expression in slumber-babyish. Expression in thought-"gets things done." General expression - extremely married, prosperous. Clothes - standard, brown or gray; white piping in vest. (He would feel naked without fountain pen and silver pencil in vest pocket.) Neck-tie-purple knitted or tapestry with stringless brown harps among blown palms; snakehead stickpin with opal eyes. Jewelry-Boosters' Club lapel button; elk-tooth watch-chain pendant. Spectacles-huge, frameless, with gold ear-crooks. Shoes...