Word: gatherers
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Orleans, La., during the week just past. I don't believe he could have been in Europe when your magazine went to press. I don't think he could have reached Europe by the time you receive this. From a conversation with him, I did not gather that he was even going to Europe...
...Manhattan office of the U. S. Appraiser of Customs, last week, seven solemn gentlemen sat down for a series of unmannerly, inquisitive tea parties. Ignoring social usage, they did not gather at tea time but in the morning when their senses were acute. Ignoring polite tradition, they sniffed each cup vigorously, filled their mouths full, then spewed into large brass cuspidors. No hostess was present to pour tea from the hundred assembled samples, nor was there any host except the U. S. Government. The nearest to such a functionary was, however, John Joseph McNamara, Chairman of the Board...
Once a year do the prime teatasters of the U. S. gather for this function. Their duty: to safeguard U. S. tea-buyers from tea that is below standard quality and purity. Each year about 100,000,000 pounds of tea are offered for U. S. importation. In 1922, 1.85% was found inferior; in 1924, only 0.06%. Last year of 93,593,264 pounds, 0.123% was turned down. Usually Canton oolong, the tea Chinamen like, receives the highest percentage of rejection for poor quality. Damage and deterioration in shipping are important quality-lowering factors. Once artificial coloring was the chief...
...Should gather in a large white tent...
...count, showed the victors employing this check not only as a defensive but also as an offensive weapon and the result was steadily applied pressure in enemy territory. The Yale attack was broken and the Harvard offensive got under way immediately without the preliminary skating back to gather momentum. It all boils down to the team's getting "attack conscious...