Word: basketfuls
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Milan better. He always dines in his own apartment, eats little and preferably Italian food. Like Lord Rothermere and Il Duce (see page 18), he never smokes. He sleeps five hours a night, with his dog Pictiu, a Brussels griffon given him by Frances Alda, beside him in a basket. He shaves himself-and with a safety razor...
After the "Ask Me Another" peril was finally filed safely away in the waste basket along with the Cross Word Puzzle books it was not evident from whence would come the heir apparent to the honored place on the library table, once held by the sterioptican and family album. The answer came partially with MARRIAGE MADE EASY by Doris Webster and Mary Alden Hopkins (The Century Co., New York, 1928, $1.25). When bridge and conversation fail it is one of those strange playthings which baffle the intelligence and flatter the vanity...
With J. L. Combs ocC. and J. R. Harper '28 in the basket-tossing positions at the outset, despite the absence of A. W. Slocum '28 who was kept out of the game by injuries, the Crimson courtment led at the half, 16-14. J. N. Barbee '28 and S. C. Burns '30 did yeoman work for Harvard, and Allen starred for the losers, counting 12-points...
Purring forth along the Hillsborough road, on a moonless night, the Ducal motor was suddenly hailed by a plump, determined wench who had planted herself and a huge basket of eggs so strategically in the road that to circumvent either was impossible. Resolute, she wrenched open the limousine's door and clambered in, clutching her basket, slumping down cheerily beside His Grace, who is four times a baron, twice a marquis, twice a viscount, as well as being Earl and Duke of Abercorn. Wench and Duke rode on into Belfast, jointly steadying the eggs...
...first over-time period a basket by Harvard and two goals from fouls by Holy Cross tied the score, 42 to 42. At this point both teams suddenly opened up and started shooting fast and recklessly with the result that the University players triumphed in the final over-time period with a six point advantage...