Word: pocketfuls
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...remains for some enterprising "Widow" to supply radio outfits for the vest pocket with directions for tuning in. Then diddling with the dials will replace the anxious chewing pens, and static will be the only excuse for a "flunk...
When Mar. 5 rolls around, will Mr. Bok sigh and say, as he puts $50,000 back into his pocket, "Ah well, it was a gallant attempt, well worth the price I paid...
...asked not once but a dozen times. He would not take no for an answer. Finally the attendants had him arrested. In his pocket was a picture of the Ambassador; also a short dagger...
...shadowy halls and at the gates of cities, under thatch, under rafter or with no roof but their caps between them and the gaping pocket of night, men played the harp-princes, captains, jongleurs, beggarmen. Their fingers wandered the strings, their heads bent to their music. Last week, the harp was played in Chicago. Enrico Tramonti, harpist of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, was permitted by Conductor Frederick Stock to play a solo on his instrument. Widor's Chorale et Variations he played. It is a good piece of music, well adapted to harp and orchestra. Chicagoans listened with interest...
...Pocket Amenities