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McGregor put on his spiked shoes and indicated that he was ready to play. But Savitt, who refuses to wear spikes, testily told Referee Frank Piper: "I forfeit in singles and doubles." Savitt figured that McGregor might have an unfair advantage; he somehow failed to figure that he was doing nothing to counteract the recent charge made in Manhattan by Davis Cup Captain Frank Shields that Savitt had been no "credit either as a player or a representative of America...
While Savitt sulked, the Aussie tennis fans fidgeted in their seats and shouted: "Come on and play, Savitt!" Referee Piper shrugged his shoulders and left the court to get help from a higher authority, Sir Norman Brookes, president of the Australian Lawn Tennis Association. During the five-minute discussion that followed, Sir Norman put his arm around Savitt's shoulder and pleaded with him to play. Still sulking, Savitt turned his back. Finally, 13 minutes after his walkout, and at the earnest urging of his doubles partner, young (18) Ham Richardson, Savitt went back on to the court...
Lastly, a respectful suggestion to the management. Many emigree-Scots present felt that business at the Kenmore would be enhanced if it featured Kerr's five cent butterscotch and Dundee shortbreads at the candy counter, and provided a piper under the marquee from six to eight to draw, and then to serenade, the waiting crowds...
DANCE TO THE PIPER (342 pp.]-Agnes de Mille-Little, Brown...
...pattern of the next two decades. For Agnes de Mille, against the forceful objection of her father, Playwright William de Mille, and of her uncle, Movie Producer Cecil B. de Mille, set her foot on the thorny way to become a famous dancer. In Dance to the Piper, her autobiography, she tells how she slowly made the grade. Dance to the Piper is considerably more than the success story of a poor little rich girl. It is a witty, civilized account of an age of revolution in the dance, by one of the spunkiest of the revolutionaries...