To comply with Hayes'orders would mean an end to his personal control, exercised through the elegant grafter Chester Arthur of the New York Custom House, lucrative linchpin of the spoils system.
22.
Fleming spent 101 minutes at the crease for his single-figure total, Sinclair batted almost an hour for his 21 and Richardson, always a grafter, was at the crease 205 minutes for 37.
23.
Hass hired a professional grafter named Mr . Caulkins, who advised Mr . Hass to buy avocado seeds from a nursery owned by Mr . Rideout and grow his own seedlings and then have them grafted to the Fuerte variety.
24.
In 1929, Shuler focused his attacks on Cryer himself, whom Shuler branded as a " grafter " and the " chief exploiter, " and whom he linked to the city's vice kingpin Charles H . Crawford.
25.
He was listed as " Antoine, 38, Creole Negro gardener / expert grafter of pecan trees, " with a value of $ 1, 000 in the inventory of the estate conducted upon J . T . Roman's death.
26.
A hard-working defensive midfielder, Coombs is described by Arsenal, Chelsea and England team-mate Gilly Flaherty as " a real grafter and she'll put in the work that some people don't want to do ."
27.
A tireless grafter, he has garnered a reputation of being a combative and feisty player in his performances, a reputation that has earned him nicknames such as " " The Destroyer " " and " " Lawnmower " ".
28.
Towards the end of the novel, one Grafter agent managed to smuggle himself into a building by cutting out his own heart and mailing it to the building, knowing that his heart would grow a new body for him over time thanks to prior treatments.
29.
After trying and failing at least twice to graft the seedling with branches from Fuerte avocado trees ( the leading commercial cultivar at the time ), Hass thought of cutting it down but a professional grafter named Caulkins told him the young tree was sound and strong, so he let it be.
30.
He also made five guest appearances on " Perry Mason ", including the role of murder victim Robert Doniger in the 1960 episode, " The Case of the Gallant Grafter ", and he played murderer Lawrence Kent in the 1961 episode, " The Case of the Resolute Reformer ".
