Word: basket
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...were attended by up to 19 representatives of such agencies as the CIA, AID, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the State and Defense departments. The dialogue at the meetings turned out to be coolly colloquial. Ambassador U. Alexis Johnson referred to the emerging nation of Bangladesh as "an international basket case," while Henry Kissinger argued that at least it need not be "our basket case." Pakistanis were always called "Paks," and the two sections of that nation were the East and West "wings." An impending U.S. decision became "the next state of play...
Artifacts of stone, wood and metal, along with examples of basket weaving, are included in the collection. African, Eskimo and American Indian artwork will be used in the program...
Harvard went back into a four-point lead, 54-50, after five minutes of the second half, but then Zelesnik, who paced the Pirates with 18 points (17 in the second half), got a rebound basket, and House, who tallied 17 points and grabbed 13 rebounds, scored underneath to get Seton Hall rolling...
...received at the rectory and the Bishop's office. The reports stated that the PBH group was indulging in liturgical abuses; one example was that crumbs from the sacred bread were ending up on the floor. The thought of Jesus Christ being swept up and dumped into the waste basket horrifies many Catholics. The problem arose simply because real bread, unlike the flat host most Catholics are accustomed to, makes real crumbs...
...floor (there were some scattered chairs) asked: "How do you sell your films?" And Kramer replied that he had a treatment ready whenever he had a saleable package; that he'd recreate the story for the prospective financier, "enliven it, enrichen it and pull the snake out of the basket...