Word: wearingly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...used to be that half the passengers on the Metro wore the Legion of Honor," crack Parisians. "Now the only ones who still bother to wear it are the conductors." Today, some 300,000 Frenchmen and several thousand foreigners are entitled to the Legion's lapel emblem, and Charles de Gaulle, who as President of France is Grand Master of the Legion, is anxious to make the list more exclusive. De Gaulle has recently approved a decree reducing the number of annual awards by 20%. Through normal attrition, the government hopes the Legion will have dwindled...
...they say. And Joan Crawford, 55, thinks they add a lot. She has been known to order 30 of them at a crack, and all custom-made. Photographers could hardly be blamed for zeroing in on the frizzy crown and accompanying gewgaws she chose from her vast collection to wear at the annual New York United Service Organization banquet. She was there as co-chairman of the women's division to help present the U.S.O.'s distinguished service award to General of the Army Douglas Mac-Arthur, whose own well-battered crush stirred quite a sensation in hats...
...talk with Kennedy, shows the same knack for accepting traditional forms without violating the tenets of modern architecture. Unveiled in October 1962 with Jackie Kennedy's blessing, it cuts down the size of the proposed Government buildings and places them in the background. Moreover, the new buildings will wear bay windows and be faced with dark brick or granite to match the tone of the square...
...REHEARSAL. Neither their witty words nor the 18th century costumes they wear for a play within this Anouilh play can hide the motives of aristocrats intent on destroying a pure - and classless - love...
...Commander. Oswald was driven by a storm of black compulsions. He forbade his wife to wear lipstick, insisted that they speak only Russian, refused to let her learn English-though she desperately wanted to learn the language and hoped to become an American citizen. A nonsmoker and teetotaler, he flew into rages when his wife lit a cigarette. He beat her on several occasions. They both fought furiously, often over tiny differences. Once, at the dinner table, he told her: "Get the catchup." Marina replied: "Quit being a commander." Snapped her husband: "I am the commander...