Word: lunches
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...scampered hither and thither, stopped, snapped and retired. Cheers and handclaps were absent, but most of the spectators strained their necks. All present were impressed with the Baron's good sportsmanship. He smiled throughout the game, despite the fact that the British were losing. ¶Next day, lunch with Harrison Williams, a motorboat ride, dinner with Julius Fleischmann, yeast...
...their attempt to keep an appointment with their Commander-in-Chief, the President of the U. S. A worn-out gear brought Lient. Nelson down near Baltimore, and he was obliged to continue in an escorting plane. A dense fog at Aberdeen, Md., brought down the whole exhibition for lunch and rest till the weather cleared. For four hours the presidential party waited in drizzling rain at Boiling Field. But Mr. Coolidge took the matter good-naturedly, welcomed the national heroes with unabated enthusiasm, examined every part of the planes. "Who would have thought the President would meet us?" cried...
...score of golfers sat at lunch and with them sat a ghost. The golfers were amateur teams of the U. S. and England, who had completed three- fourths of their annual matches for the Walker Cup. The ghost was England's chance of winning...
Thus the Britons had been down three matches to one when they teed off the second morning to try the U. S. defenders singlehanded. The ghost of hope appeared when they came in to lunch with these matches half- played, to find three of their number leading, two even, five not badly down...
...President and Mrs. Coolidge motored to Rutland to lunch with Governor Proctor of Vermont...