Word: starter
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...starter, marking up the scores on the blackboard in front of his tent, came the news that at the ninth hole Sarazen was floundering. He had a 39, but Cruickshank had a 30. And when Cruickshank finished the last nine in 36 the starter himself left the blackboard and joined the people who were crowding to get a look at this sure winner while cameras clicked and Cruickshank posed with a driver on one arm and his wife on the other. Just about that time Farrell had finished the first nine. His score...
When the first crack of the starter's gun opens the annual Millrose A. A. meet in Madison Square Garden, New York, Thursday night, six men wearing the Crimson of Harvard will be on the floor, it was announced yesterday by Coach E. L. Farrell of the University track team...
...never saw Craig again. But tucked away in a secret drawer of my desk is something that I would not part with for many a cigarette coupon. It is a yellow, faded clipping from the Dybbuk. Vermont. "Self-starter." Tenderly I unfold the old creases and read the" words again...
...custom, on the increase for the past few decades, of making conditional gifts to educational and other institutions, is on the whole sound. Such gifts act as a "starter" and give both possible future donors and those working to raise funds an additional incentive. gifts made conditional to the raising of further donors and those working to raise funds an additional incentive. Gifts made conditional to the raising of further funds also guard the donor against the danger, proved in the past to be very real, of having his money spent on a basement or foundation, the rest...
Last week that same old gentleman (as well as many another person) entered the new Graybar Building in Manhattan. Having business upon the 16th floor, he enquired for the stairs. Such, however, was the appearance of the elevator starter that he allowed himself to be cajoled by friends into accepting a lift. "Let me out at the 16th floor, please," he said. With amazement and a shock of terror, he watched the operator press a little button on a switchboard at his elbow. As other passengers entered the polished car, the operator pressed a button for each, corresponding...