Word: stickfuls
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...game of lacrosse derives its name from the resemblance of the curved netted stick used in playing it to a bishop's crozier. It originated with the Indians and in the old days the warriors of two tribes in their war paint would form the sides, often 800 or 1000 strong. The goals were placed from 500 yards to half a mile apart with practically no side boundaries. A solemn dance preceded the game, after which the ball was tossed into the air and the two sides rushed to catch it on "crosses" similar to the ones...
Republican Senator Fess of Ohio objected to the Dawes plan for Senate reform because it might increase the amount of hasty legislation, but said he would favor a rule requiring a Senator to "stick to his subject." Republican Senator Moses flatly stated: "The Senate will not revise its rules...
...fire whose life was dying away, Eliphalet Greer sat in his counting house. All the ships he could see from his window, spreading their intricate rigging against the New England sky, belonged to him. Eliphalet Greer was a lean and pious man; he had an ivory-headed stick and a great gold watch-chain; he wore a suit of black with lace at the wrist and collar; once a week he walked, Bible in hand, through the streets to church. In the graveyard above the town was a tombstone which he had erected to the memory of one Richard Parton...
Harvard will also receive the income from the vending machines, advertising facilities, news stands and other merchandising concerns of the, Interborough subway and elevated stations. Thus the University will profit by each stick of gum sold and each weight vended by the Interborough weighing machines...
...been having regular practice for a month. In order to overcome this handicap Coach Lydecker expects to hold some hard work outs in the near future in preparation for the first game which comes with the Alumni on April 17. Yesterday's workout consisted of mild scrimmages, with stick-work for the beginners...