Word: knots
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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There newshawks chattered at the extended press tables. Capitol policemen in uniform circulated through the moving throng, trying to maintain order. A little knot of elderly financiers from Manhattan stood by themselves like new arrivals to be introduced at a large reception. And everywhere cameramen swarmed, climbed over one another, mounted chairs & tables, formed a living pyramid above half a dozen Senators who sat, all but lost from sight, at a long table at the end of the room...
...Deal, In sophisticated circles the main objective of Pierre ("Honest Broker") Laval last week was seen to be to halt the relentless march of League of Nations committees toward harsher & harsher Sanctions and to tie a knot in the banner of British idealism which has been unfurled at Geneva by handsome young Captain Anthony Eden. More specifically M. Laval was out to prevent the League from applying the crucial oil Sanction scheduled for last week. Released with the formal imprimatur of Britain and France, The Deal accomplished this initial purpose of abruptly halting for the first time the march toward...
...Home Secretary telephoned the news to the King at Sandringham Hall. His Majesty awoke the rest of the House of Windsor and for a while they all stood about in dressing gowns. Back in London, when the guns in the Tower of London boomed out, a knot of stay-ups formed in front of No. 3 Belgrave Square, sent up a considerately small cheer. Sir John, his duty done, had already gone home...
...baskets. Nine hundred prizes were offered for twelve kinds of bread and rolls, 15 kinds of layer cake, 13 kinds of loaf cake, cookies, candy, popcorn balls, potato chips, spiced apples, pickles, jellies, jams, conserves, canned fruit, sun preserved fruits; for the best pillow case, cross-stitched spread, French knot spread, Cluny centerpiece, six-piece doily set, crocheted infants' socks, cutwork, Roman embroidery, boy's suit made from cast-off garments, rompers, Afghan, artificial flowers, pieced quilt, hand-painted cake plates (professional and amateur), fruit group, picnic table. Money winnings were small (first prize: $2), but eminently satisfying...
Finally he stopped. "I'll have to tell you-all good-by," he concluded. "Take your time," he told the sheriff. "Do a good job with that knot...