Word: tap
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...meeting tonight, the Committee will discuss a possible advance of the February date, tentatively set in December, in order to give more time for inviting the outside talent which the group hopes to tap...
...architectural price Sears paid to get into the Country Club District in Kansas City, Mo. The District is the second biggest, and, with its Plaza shopping center, the most successful privately run residential development in the U.S. Sears figured the price was small enough for a chance to tap the area's purchasing power. Sears was right. Opening day, 100,000 potential customers came to gawk at the tile and ornamental grillwork. Many went inside and spent a total...
Most Harvard men whipped out of New Haven soon after the game to leave the crowded restaurants, bars, and fraternities to the celebrating Yalies. Cocktails were on tap in just about every other room, and the Whiffenpoofs must have sung at half the parties. One visitor heard them four times...
...nervous flurry, Isaacs explained to the House of Commons that his order was merely intended to put loafing spivs to work and to tap the manpower resources of the football pools, which are big business in Britain (see cut). Whereupon the Manchester Guardian commented...
Besides running an employment bureau the office operates a small talent factory with an assemblage of prestidigitators, ventriliquists, and puppeteers all on tap for banquets and parties. If an orchestra is needed or a barber shop quartet, the office can fill the need...