Word: vesting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Churchill shocked America and the world by proposing the formation of an Anglo-American bloc predicated on singular hostility toward the Soviet Union. Churchill must be more than gratified today to find Jimmy Byrnes, the little man's little man, securely entrenched in Ernie Bevin's ample vest pocket...
...lavish free lunch. The pair staged an annual First Ward ball which was attended by thousands of whores, pickpockets, hopheads, politicians and pimps. Their guests drank free champagne, brawled, engaged in orgiastic dancing, and cheered as Bathhouse John led the Grand March wearing a bright green cutaway, mauve vest, lavender pants and a high silk...
...Fire," said the President, unbuttoning his vest and spreading his arms. "I am here by the will of the people." The madman hesitated, and in that moment the police were upon...
...Russian bloc was still raising its ante elsewhere. Foreign Minister Molotov, who had agreed to an internationalized Trieste at the Big Four meeting, proposed a new ten-point plan that would put Trieste in Tito's vest pocket. Tito's Vice Premier Edvard Kardelj demanded more Italian territory, barked that otherwise Yugoslavs would "fight for their rights." At week's end Molotov declared that, despite the Byrnes speech, Poland would keep its present western frontiers...
Three days before the fight, ominous words came from Servo's camp. Cried Servo's manager Al ("The Vest") Weill: "My boy can't breat' t'rough the right side of his nose; he ain't gonna fight no Robinson. . . ." The official explanation: Servo had been biffed by a sparring partner...