Word: arounders
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...afternoon of the day Wylie was there, Uncle Charlie lit out for the barn as usual to do his chores. A yearling bull had caught his right foreleg in his rope, and Farmer Plaisted shoved him around with his shoulder and tugged at the rope until the foot was free. He inspected the 14 milk cows, loaded two wheelbarrows with manure and dumped them on the dung heap outside. After cleaning out the horses' stall, he called it a day, apologizing for his lack of energy...
...time Uncle Charlie gets his copy he is more than ready for it. He reads four daily newspapers: The Portland Press-Herald, Boston Herald, Boston Globe, and the Portsmouth (N.H.) Herald. He also reads other magazines. Having been around long enough to recall the news of Lincoln's assassination and to see Americans march off to four wars, Uncle Charlie has a longer view of the news than most people. He admits, for instance, that Russia is a threat to the U.S., but he wants to wait awhile before making any prognostications about it. "You can't hurry...
...wouldn't mind too much if a few amendments were tacked back on. The non-Communist oath, for example, might be put back. And Harry Truman, who had found the Taft-Hartley injunction a handy weapon to use in four national-emergency strikes, might like to have it around again...
...spent Groundhog Day quietly, but darted an occasional glance around her cage in search of the proverbial shadow, Poor lighting rendered her vigilance fruitless...
...enthusiast, the Associated Press reports "excellent" conditions at Camden and Rangoloy, Maine, and good skiing all around New Hampshire and the Berkshires...