Word: shake
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...showed it to the long array of Congressmen who called on him at his office, to Andrew Mellon who presented the U. S. with $19,000,000 worth of Old Masters (see p. 41), to the diplomats of 50 nations who came to shake his hand at the first state reception of the season, even to the members of the Panama Canal Tolls Commission who came to talk shop with him. But most of all he showed his New Year form to newshawks who came to his press conference. He was bursting with things to tell, and spoke with...
...took some time to shake the Harvard Administration loose from its stand for full-fledged chaperones, and reactions after repeal of that law forced another rule saying no girl should visit a College room without the accompaniment of at least one feminine sympathizer. It must have taken considerable argument to bring them around to believing a "third-party" roommate would be able to handle the policing job satisfactorily...
...Argentineans turned out to wave farewell to this simpático Yankee. For once Franklin Roosevelt consented to ride in a limousine on a bad day. The car's roof was plastered with the sopping petals of flowers thrown from balconies. At the waterside President Roosevelt stopped to shake hands with the Argentine chauffeur, who beamed from ear to ear at the unexpected honor. The crowd cheered filial devotion as Lieut. Colonel James Roosevelt buttoned a yellow slicker up around his father's neck. "Aprés vous," said the bilingual President...
...from habit, played on the sympathies of Europe, started such rumors that presently a large body of troops and a good-sized fleet were assembled to prevent an escape that was literally impossible. Napoleon would hide from his guards, dress his servant in his clothing, start a panic, then shake his head gleefully over the stupidity of the English. Such small victories tightened the restrictions around him. His last struggle was his five-year fight with short, redheaded, pompous, shifty-eyed Sir Hudson Lowe, which ended with Napoleon's death and left Lowe disgraced and almost...
...system is the most systematic of all. It consists simply in inventing plays to suit his players instead of choosing players who can execute his plays. This year, Northwestern lacks a crack line plunger and good pass-receiving ends. Consequently, the Northwestern attack is built around plays designed to shake running backs clear on off-tackle thrusts, supplemented by short passes to receiving backs. Like many other coaches this year, Northwestern's Waldorf capitalizes "mousetrap" plays-allowing an opposing lineman a clear path to the backfield where a back takes him out of the play allowing the ball carrier...