Word: greets
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Station, handed his bag to a redcap, boarded an ordinary Pullman to New York where he went into seclusion. A few days later the U. S. rode him back to Washington in a special train. At the Union Station top-hatted officials from the State Department lined up to greet him. Military and naval units snapped to salute. The Marine Band groped its way through the Colombian national anthem (El Himno National). Guns fired 21 rounds...
...Washington as President, was first occupant of the White House. When Thomas Jefferson was elected to succeed him, Adams was so enraged that he refused to be present at Jefferson's inauguration. (Only other such case: son John Quincy Adams, fifth U. S. President, would not stay to greet incoming President Andrew Jackson.) Quick-tempered, ambitious, vain, John Adams was never personally popular. Short and fat, he was nicknamed "His Rotundity" by Washington wits...
...good wish for our success. Fellow students, June eighth is Max Keezer's birthday. He will be sixty-two. "I'm getting old, you know," says Max. He may be getting on, but not so old, we feel, that he will not enjoy many more years in which to greet the incoming Freshmen with, "Got any old clothes for Max Keezer, boys? Don't forget Max Keezer, just up Mass. Ave." F. B. Thurber...
Last week spring descended upon Martha's Vineyard. Mass, (island five miles off the "heel" of Cape Cod). To greet it the island's animal life let forth their perennial mating calls. Less hopeful than other fauna was the island's famed Heath Cock...
...hymn would be, the one coming closest winning the wager. In a short time the great American instinct for organization led to formation of mammoth "hymn pools." Students pick their hymn numbers before the opening of the exercises, contribute their dimes, stir with restless anticipation throughout the service, and greet the announcement of the hymn with a burst of excitement. After much craning of necks and much consultation to find out the nearest guesser, effusive congratulations are showered upon the winner who modestly pockets his reward. --The Transcript