Word: boxful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Bess was right. Sitting on the Army side of Philadelphia's Franklin Field, the President found his box definitely chilly...
With time out for a relaxed Thanksgiving Day, Harry Truman had worked hard all week cleaning up his desk. But at week's end, he turned out with the rest of official Washington to hear Margaret Truman sing with the National Symphony Orchestra. From the presidential box, her father beamed down as she sang Mozart's Dove Sono and Glazunov's La Primavera. She was called back for three encores, sang one-Smilin' Through-directly at her parents. "I wept," said proud Harry Truman unabashedly. "I almost tore up two programs in the excitement...
...Cleveland fans with a threat to sell Lou Boudreau, his star shortstop and playing manager-but no one was certain Veeck had not played it that way deliberately. Boudreau stayed by public acclamation next season, and every time he crossed the plate he scowled up at Veeck's box. Cleveland thought it knew exactly what Boudreau was muttering-"That'll show him." Boudreau in his biggest year in baseball showed the boss so well that the Indians won their first American League pennant in 28 years. When they also beat the Boston Braves in the World Series...
...Among them, Boston Attorney George Alpert, Fall River Box Manufacturer Meyer Jaffe, Boston Clothing Manufacturer Morris S. Shapiro
...pleasure the Niemans have spent the fall Saturdays in the Soldiers Field press box and a couple of them were hit by water bags in the Square outbreak the night before the Princeton game...