Word: ay
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Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. rescued the U.S.S. Constitution from the wreckers in 1830, when he wrote the memorable poem "Old Ironsides," which begins, "Ay, tear her tattered ensign down!" After a national outpouring of emotion, Congress quickly appropriated funds for the restoration of the frigate. It is still docked in Boston Harbor, a symbol of America's longtime affinity for tall ships and deep water. Poetry may have been enough to save a ship from the scrap heap then, but in an age more closely attuned to the demands of economics the sight of the Stars and Stripes fluttering...
...Thank you for your Essay on the frightful potential of chemical-biological weaponry [June 27] and the curious twists of logic used to justify its proliferation. Technology in ay fields races toward the day when man, wishing to zap his fellow man, can choose from an infinite arsenal of macabre techniques. While we are waiting for a weapons scientist somewhere out there to stumble upon a peaceful use for his gases and bacteria we can take heart in the words of Ogden Nash...
...Ay, a bludy nickel," Newcombe grinned...
Berman, who is a New Yorker and a Jew, spoke with compassion of the woes of the Palestinian Arabs (he pronounced the word "Ay-rab" and referred to Sirhan as "Saran"). He dramatically underlined the word "intoxicated" (". . . while in a disturbed mental state, intoxicated and confused . . ."), an indication that the defense intends to bolster the contention that Sirhan was "out of contact with reality." This condition was induced, Berman said, when Sirhan "concentrated in front of a mirror in his own room and thought and thought about Senator Kennedy until at last he saw his own face no longer...
...Hamlen, D., ins't supervisor 490 1500 402 1000 Hoagland, J., vice pres. 320 3000 236 1160 Jones, L., assoc. prof. 415 3225 280 2416 Jones, M., math teacher 362 624 260 1160 Turner, A., librarian 278 840 272 934 Peet, G., planning engineer 403 1584 230 958 Liveson, ay, dr. of neurology 652 2450 450 2100 McCarriston, J., student 356 1608 272 900 Morgan, E., mgr. mtg. eng. 500 2100 400 1000 Morse, H., employer Medinet 475 1600 747 1520 Noyes, W., seminary stud. 528 1200 340 1450 Piper, H., Harvard student 500 1488 420 1100 Puricelli...