Word: basketeer
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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First floral offering to be delivered to Col. Knox was a large basket of chrysanthemums-about $25 worth. Who could have sent it? His good friends Senator George Higgins Moses or Col. Hanford MacNider? Publisher McCormick of the Tribune? William Wrigley, Jr.? Adman Albert Davis Lasker? Or even "W. R." (Hearst) himself? The Colonel grubbed eagerly through the bouquet for a card, found none. Then he became aware of a sly smile on the face of a rotund, grey-haired man standing near. Boomed the Colonel: "You old sonofagun! I knew it was you!" and the other man waddled...
...scientists, headed by fierce-mustached Professor Rudolph Samoilovitch of Leningrad, are two from the U. S.: Lincoln Ellsworth and Lieut.-Commander Edward H. Smith of the Coast Guard. There was a plan to halt the Graf over Kamenev Island in Northern Land Archipelago, lower an inflatable boat or a basket and take aboard Professor Urvantzov, who has for a year conducted an observation station there...
...When Minister Brodie wants to give his Finnish friends a real treat, he sends them several of his huge American pota toes, and the gift is more appreciated than would be a basket of American beauty roses or the rarest of orchids. Accompany ing the gift is always a receipt showing how to prepare the potatoes for the table...
...petty anger, he unthinkingly insinuated that the Far East Philosopher was not moved by the altruistic impulses hitherto ascribed, but was avoiding another dud on the Holy Cross game (Dr. Huey picked Harvard to win easily last year) and, furthermore, didn't know a polo mallet from a wicker-basket. He concluded his remarks with the slur that the prophet had been out of practice, insofar as the sons of Nassau were concerned, for the past five years, and didn't know they even had a polo team...
During the second half the Green five began to show its power, and by a demolition of the Crimson passing attack, coupled with an invincible offensive coordination of their own, had the Harvard basket within range throughout the 20 minutes of play. Harvard's only bid was made by Farrell, who made the one Crimson basket for the second half...