Word: basketfuls
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Everywhere I go," says Phog, "they ask me about Wilt the Stilt. I've seen them all: Joe Lapchick,* Clyde Lovelette, Hank Luisetti-all the top men, and this kid is the best I've ever seen. For 20 years I've used a twelve-foot basket in my gym; as far as I know, I'm the only coach who does it. Wilt can touch the rim of that basket on a jump. He can jump 24 inches off the floor. I've never seen a tall man in my life who could equal...
...their father, Major John Eisenhower, the children played in front of the canary-yellow barn, watched by a full platoon of sharp-eyed cameramen and reporters. Lounging patiently at the barn door was Tony, a black-and-white Shetland pony, hitched up to a two-wheeled, wicker-basket cart...
...gentleman in blue waves customers in and out at the rate of one every three and one-third minutes, bank teller Gooding peers up through his oversized periscope and discourses on the hazards of his job. "Women are always a problem," he notes while tapping the little metal basket that rides up and down with its cargo of currency. He thumbs through a pile of tens and remembers, "some guy this morning deposited three letters. I told him this wasn't a mail...
...idea of worker stockholders-too much protection in stock plans is a poor idea. They feel that workers, like everyone else, should take the normal risks involved in stock buying. Over and above that, many others question the wisdom of a worker putting all his savings in one basket by buying only his own company's stock, argue that he would be better off by diversifying his investments. Some companies fear that organized labor may try to exert too much influence on company policy if union members own large amounts of stock. Another big worry is that unions will...
Across the Suffolk flatlands, Herbert Morrison, campaigning with his tour-tired bride of four months, accused the Tories of raising the cost of living 13% since taking office, and caustically read off comparative 1951 and 1955 prices for market-basket items. "To the housewives who needed pots and pans [the late Sir Stafford] Cripps and I had to say, 'Sorry, girls,' because of the foreign demand...