Word: peppered
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...possible that the Vag might meet him. Oh, sure, the undergraduates would undoubtedly be introduced to the great man. And this was about the last time that he would ever get a chance to see the Red Pepper at such close range. For news had been trickling out of Washington that the Red Pepper was slated for appointment to a very important nine man sociological commission Even the orthodox trade association to which he nominally belonged was overwhelmingly in favor of his promotion...
...billiard ball strikes another at a velocity of...Oh, well, who was on his left?... Directly opposite sat the House Master. God! This was the center of the table and sitting on the Master's right, close enough for Vag to kick in the shins was the Great Red Pepper himself...
...down expectantly. Three barren years of concentration in Government were finally to be enriched by communion with the all highest. The Phil man on his right was saying something.... Well, there would be plenty of time for the Red Pepper when they reached the main course...
Turning back, Vag found all attention centered on a match cover which the Master was holding out. Yes, yes, murmured the Red Pepper with a reminiscent gleam in his eye. He had been there, too. Vag strained his neck a little toward the matches. With a little more effort he might have caught a glimpse but he couldn't stretch his neck all over the table. He would soon be looking like a giraffe...
...Pepper was saying something about being "an employer too." Well, this was interesting. It gave Vag an opening because he wondered.... The waitress was wanting to know if he was through with the lamb. Desert already! And the Red Pepper had switched the, subject. Suddenly, halfway through his ice cream, Vag realized what was happening. He was being taken right out of the play like a Harvard end! Decoyed to the right, cross-blocked when he turned back toward the left, mousetrapped by the Master, he was missing the ball carried consistently and the game was nearly over. These union...