Word: archibald
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...gaunt white-haired Scotsman named Archibald Campbell spoke of bagpipes in loving, Scottish terms: "You know of course they were invented by some fellow who . . . wanted to make noise, so he had the bright idea of killing a sheep, using its skin as a bag, and sticking a pipe in it. Then, of course, he just stuck more pipes in to make more noise...
Singles--Lane McGovern (H) defeated Orton (B), 6-2, 6-2; Bill Brady (H) defeated Kuh (B), 6-1, 6-1; Edus Warren (H) defeated Archibald (B), 6-0, 6-0; Bill Wightman (H) defeated Ramsey (B), 4-6, 10-8, 6-3; Travis Gresham (H) defeated Haaberstad (B), 6-0, 6-2; Early (B) defeated Bob Doloff...
Doubles--McGovern and Brady (H) defeated Ramsey and Orton (B), 6-2, 6-1; Gresham and Harold Melvin (H) defeated Kuh and Early (B), 6-3, 6-2; Drake and Fred Flickenger (H) defeated Archibald and Haaberstad...
...Chicago toolmaker named Edwin Dzingle, the tail gunner of the B-29 that dropped the first bomb, a Texas farmer with a drawl as wide as the Panhandle, discussed the problem earnestly with Albert Einstein, Henry Wallace, Harold E. Stassen, Congressman Jerry Voorhis, Senator Brien McMahon, Harold Ickes, Archibald MacLeish, and Joseph E. Davies, onetime U.S. Ambassador to the U.S.S.R. Citizen Dzingle sounded every inch a toolmaker; Einstein plowed shyly and awkwardly through his lines. Only one of the 21-man panel was unconcerned. Said 85-year-old Samuel Gould: "I've seen every thing there...
...Archibald C. Gove...