Word: boxful
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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There, in a corner decked with sweet smelling blossoms, the president of the German Empire† found a polling box and gravely deposited therein his ballot...
Each relic nestled in a case of gold, each case was enclosed in a sturdy wooden box, and Tiffany & Co. of Manhattan was the firm which was chosen to envelop the button, hair, braid and ring in suitable magnificence. Last week Japanese were pleased & honored to receive these four gifts, be cause all are authentic mementoes of intrepid U. S. Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry (1794-1858), who opened up Japan to Occidental influence...
...hurl it to victory. He is credited with the outstanding performance of pitching 23 runless innings in succession against Big Ten nines. Asbeck, giant Wolverine moundsman who succumbed to the onslaught of the Crimson sluggers in the first encounter, may also be called on for duty in the box...
...Copenhagen, Maria Jeritza (Baroness von Popper), famed "golden" soprano of the Metropolitan, sang in Tosca twice, Carmen once, Tannhauser once. Contrary to their polite custom of appearing at only one performance in an operatic series, the King and Queen of Denmark, dressed in their bravest regalia, sat in their box every time Jeritza sang. The King gave the singer a decoration encased in a gold medallion and asked her to attend an intimate family party at the palace after her first performance. This Mme. von Popper did with dignity and delight...
...Barbee '28 started in the box for the Crimson, but a sore arm hampered his delivery and Coach F. G. Mitchell had to send in Cutts for the last four innings...