Word: birde
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Gurley, president of the Chemical Attraction Oil Corp., San Antonio: "When you joined the only Jew to vote against 76 Senators, that proved you were the henchman for the Jew Deal. H. H. Lehman should be deported out of this Nation to Russia, or let Germany take that 'bird' in and give him the gas like Hitler...
...nearly 30 (in 1905), this opera was chosen by Composer de Falla himself as his Op. 1. It starts as leisurely as a siesta, builds its tale of faithless love and sudden death (of a broken heart) to a warm climax. Soprano de los Angeles sings like a bird...
...goony bird . . . "serves no useful purpose . . ." Isn't Dr. Philip DuMont of the Fish & Wildlife Service, thanks to this bird, getting a trip to Midway and a respite from the odd but not so charming goons of Washington...
Fortunate, indeed, that Dr. DuMont will not resort to "simple slaughter" in his warfare on the Midway Island goony bird. For the weary and depth-charge-happy submariner of World War II, this monstrosity produced desperately needed mental therapy, belly laughs and sheer astonishment as they ambled through their repertoire of screwball antics...
World War II has many grievous memories, but for those who ever did a tour on the "Rock" (persistently ignored by USO troupes and widely ballyhooed "name" entertainers), no fonder memories exist than those regarding that fabulous creature, Nature's caricature of humanity: the goony bird...