Word: tip-off
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Ashley Dukes, the author, conceived a subtle theme. The program pointedly indicates "Time: Summer 1800." This of course, is the tip-off. England at that moment was discarding the last cluttering tentacles of monarchy under the insane George III, and feeling the strength of democracy, peeking over the shoulder of France, so to speak, in order to learn a few more of the battle cries of freedom. A nobleman, Hugh Buckler; with his man, John Buckler; and one of the Prince's paramours, Miss Cowl, with her maid, Marion Evensen; come together in a deserted country inn. Here...
What Monsignor Seipel said at the Ball-hausplatz was summarized in a Foreign Office tip-off to the press. He first explained that "verbal derailments from one side or another must not be taken too seriously," assured the diplomats that "the elections will be carried out peacefully and subsequent developments will follow the strictest constitutional course...
...biggest and best raid in Manhattan since Prohibition. The following clubs were entered, all simultaneously to prevent a "tip...
...counted again, when he tipped the ball in after Leekley had missed a foul throw. The losers broke into the scoring column on the next play when Reed, the speedy Brown right forward found the strings with a shot from near the center of the floor. Danzell, the Bear tip-off man, scored the next basket with a spectacular one-handed shot from the side of the floor...
...second half the University players started with a rush, when Barbee took the opening tip-off and dribbled under the basket to score his fourth goal. The University captain counted twice for the Crimson five in the early part of the second period with pretty shots from the side of the court...