Word: giving
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...announcement to make, that he did not desire daily visits from the press, that he hoped he would not be asked to confirm such rumors as the possibility of his accepting a position as a ball player with the New York Giants. When he had news to give, he said he would give it. He then posted one Officeboy Cohen* to guard against intruders. Later in the week there was "news" in the Prudence Building; there were photographs of Mr. Smith's smiling face still in Manhattan newspapers. The news, personal, was that Mr. and Mrs. Smith will move...
...that?although their money will save lives this year?they can scarcely hope that any total of contributions, however large, will suffice to permanently relieve the perennial Chinese famine. Such considerations have determined the American Red Cross to send neither food nor cash to China; but persons who give even two cents to the fund may rejoice in the knowledge that they are putting a bowl-full of rice into an otherwise empty and agonized Chinese stomach...
Meanwhile the American Army had grown until it represented more than half the strength of the whole terrestrial organization. Its properties were appraised at a reproduction value of $37,000,000. It could make use of 150,000 tambourines, to give one each to all its lads and lassies...
...York train pulled in at Northampton, Mass., station. Had he remembered to pack: 1) his purple socks? 2) his lemon-yellow shoes? 3) elegant ties, in hues and number sufficient? And had he packed too, in his mind, plenty of his bright, daring, fetching, original phrases, enough to give the solemn old boys a jolt...
There are two more tests still to be played. Using a scheme that baseball magnates would like to apply to the World Series, cricketers do not give up their game as soon as one side has won. The series will be resumed at Adelaide on January...