Word: bags
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...halls of the British Embassy the presents piled up: crates of eggs, of oranges, mince pies, pecans, a box of onions, a bag of lima beans, two bottles of Napoleon brandy, 5,000 cigars, a set of corncob pipes, catnip for the Churchill cat, a field hat worn by Prince Otto von Bismarck, a wool afghan, a Shriner's hat, silk scarves, gloves, ties, socks, a sweater, a towel bearing the Union Jack, a framed list of U.S. Presidents, a copy of George Washington's will, a painting of the Great Seal of Ohio, a pair of spectacles...
...Grab Bag. Near Oklahoma City a flock of startled ducks flew into a duck hunter, who grabbed with one hand, bagged a mallard drake alive...
...Transmitted to you: You hold the bag a while-I'm tired...
...four miles from such vital spots. Through a combination of radio locators and civilian spotters, the Army expects to know the position of enemy planes long before they are over the continental U.S. If they should get through the interceptors, antiaircraft batteries to the rear should have their range, bag many of them...
When Mr. Willkie lunched with Mr. Roosevelt, observers were sure that it was in the bag. But Mr. Willkie came bounding out of the White House denying that the job had even been discussed. At week's beginning, the moderator was finally named. It was not Mr. Willkie but a surprised William H. Davis, chairman of the President's Defense Mediation Board, who had not even been consulted. As vice moderator: slow-thinking Senator Elbert Thomas. The Labor Problem still belonged to Mr. Roosevelt...