Word: dusts
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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There's a man behind the scenes who's working, and working mighty hard, to dust the dust off the diamond dusters to smooth off the rough edges, now that the team has advanced so far into the season. He's already done an excellent job. He's taken a green team, given them the golden wisdom of his long experience and produced a Green and Gold combination that we may well be proud...
...entire audience remained. Finally when his most vigorous contortions and loudest grunts began to pall, Amanullah paused, cried aloud to Mohammed for assistance. A final tug, and the box flew open. Perspiring Amanullah held high Mohammed's sacred cloak. Convinced, the Afghan audience prostrated themselves in the dust...
...second. The first pitch went wild and Prior ticked the second into the stands. As Hensil wound up for the third throw McGrath streaked towards home in a desperate attempt to knot the count, sliding over the plate as the ball thumped into the catcher's mit. When the dust cleared Umpire Kelleher's hand could be seen signalling the narrow failure of the potential tally; the same gesture sounded the end of the Crimson's rally and the game...
...entertainment of a jolly get together of business men will do for Memorial Hall. Think a moment, after all isn't that just what it needs--more pep! Not much doing in Mem Hall these days, and it has a tendency to get behind the times and collect dust. It needs to hear a little informal singing, not just symphony concerts, but the sort of thing that will want to make those old portraits speak up and call each other by their first names...
...Oliver autobiography. Foursquare, will be published next autumn by Macmillan. Other books of his include: The Good Shepherd, The Six Pointed Cross in the Dust...