Word: worn
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Into Sydney and other ports came grim human mementos of the fight already fought. The survivors came back unannounced ; Sydney did not know they were there until three battle-worn U.S. sailor-men turned up at a bar, silently downed their drinks and smashed the glasses. "You better go away," one of them told the inquisitive barkeep. "We're drinking to our shipmates that didn't come back...
...Broadway 16 years ago, it was an exciting, hard-hitting, accurate drama of Manhattan speakeasy days. Producer Jed Harris, co-author Philip Dunning, co-author-director George Abbott rode it to a standstill: at one time eight road companies were playing to standing room only. Now it is a worn period piece. The story, about a small-time hoofer (George Raft) and his partner (Janet Blair) and their hope of getting out of nightclubs into the big time, has been turned into a personal vehicle for Cinemactor Raft. He plays himself (a Holly-wood star) under his own name...
...Harvard student keeps up his self-respect by dressing well. Neckties must be worn in class, and the bow-tie is typically Harvard.' Cords are not allowed. Suits are always worn at dinner. While we, at Washington, are tremendously proud of our athletes with their big 'W' sweaters, Harvard students don't wear their letters where they can be seen...
They called him a Morning Glory, a bag o' bones, a worn-out nag. But Ol' Sarge Swenke, his trainer, refused to give up his faith in Alsab, last year's wonderhorse-even after he finished third in Florida's Flamingo and fifth in its Widener; even after he was licked twice within a week at Havre de Grace by commonplace Colchis; even after he was humbled by Valdina Orphan in the Derby Trial and by Shut Out in the great Derby itself, the race for which Swenke had pointed since the beginning of the year...
...oldest and most honored of the offices are the Marshal's positions, dating back to sometime around 1636. Three governors of Massachusetts, a Supreme Court Justice, President of the University and several Faculty members have worn the Marshal's robes...