Word: wear
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...International Master Ladies' Hairdressers Association and the Coiffure Guild of New York, supporters of the upswing hair style, attacked Greta Garbo's pageboy bob as a cultural lag, called it "wholly unsuited for wear by her or by the women of this country...
...much. The thing had to be done, and it was only once in three years. He looked over the letter lying on his desk. "Dear Vag: Will you give the Associates and Tutors and pleasure of your company at the head table at the October House Dinner.... We usually wear dinner coats, but that is by no means essential if it is in any way inconvenient...
...dean could proclaim himself dictator," Lerner writes, "and his loyal adherents would wear red shirts to classes. A notice of secession would be sent to the Governor of the Common wealth...
...soft little man who wears a rather nice polo coat and always tops it off with a tan cap, vintage of the 1920's. He stands on corners around the Square a good bit even now and says hello to most everyone. Most everyone says hello to him, too. He generally doesn't know their names, but they almost always know his. The Vagabond is one of his pals, although he doesn't know that Vag is Vag. Many a student, not excluding Vag, is indebted to this soft little man, for when they are desperate...
...Charlie's ("21"), famed Manhattan restaurant, wandered Cinema Director Frank Capra, dressed in conventional Hollywood garb, including a polo shirt open at the throat. The headwaiter, horrified, rushed up to him, murmured apologetically: "Sorry, but you can't sit here like that. You'll have to wear a necktie. I'll have the waiter bring some in from our stock." Huffed, Capra buttoned the collar of his shirt around his neck. The headwaiter let him stay...