Word: wear
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...have a good bed? A lamp to read by? Was he warm at nights? "Stone walls! You'll catch your death of cold!" She would have him comfortable; yes, and rich. Rugs for his chamber; wood for his fire; drapes for his windows; even a new cloak to wear. But the Vagabond is not sure. Leave his Tower? New Furniture? Strange clothes...
...only trouble was that H. R. H. must salute the quarterdeck of the Wishart on stepping aboard, could, by British Admiralty tradition, do so only with his hat on. Frantically someone produced a white linen one which the Prince brushed impatiently aside. Coaxed Mrs. Simpson: "Davie, dear! Please wear...
...knew to be received in a Papal audience a woman must have on a black dress with high neck and long sleeves and that she must wear a black veil. Well, I had a black crêpe de Chine dress with long sleeves left over from last winter, which I had had all pressed and cleaned by the tailor, and it was hanging in my closet. I bought a small black felt hat, new black slippers, a small black veil, black hose and black gloves. I packed these things in a sort of 'sacred apart' from...
According to its current rules, "softball" is a misnomer. The ball, with a 12-in. circumference compared to a baseball's 9 in., is hard enough to break a catcher's nose. Catchers wear masks, fielders wear gloves. The bat is thinner than a baseball bat. Softball pitchers, 37 ft. from the plate, throw underhand. The bases are 60 ft. apart instead of 90 and runners cannot steal until the ball reaches the catcher. There are ten players on a side. In other respects, the rules of softball are almost identical with those of baseball. The most obvious...
...grudge against Jean Harlow, the leading anti-Titianola influence (who does not appear in Redheads on Parade). Assured that when the picture is finished there will not be a platinum blonde left in the U.S., Walburn puts up $300,000, buys a pair of riding breeches to wear on the set, seeks Dixie's love and battles the wiles of his rival, Herman Bing, manufacturer of Platinola, who also wears riding breeches...