Word: boatful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...TIME footnote brought an unexpected endorsement for Congressman John Kennedy, running for the Senate in Massachusetts. The footnote described one of Kennedy's wartime experiences as a Navy lieutenant, when his PT boat was split in two by a Japanese destroyer. Since then, Kennedy has heard from Kohei Hanami, who wrote: "When I read the TIME magazine of Aug. 18, which mentioned the battle in question, my memory being refreshed, I can vividly recall what happened...
...night battles in early August 1943, I sighted a bold enemy boat of small size heading directly toward my destroyer of a larger type. Having no time to exchange de gunfires . . . my destroyer had to directly hit the enemy boat, slicing it in two. This boat happened to be the PT boat which was under your command...
...invoked charms and magic, sometimes mumbo-jumbo ("Mti, Mti, Mti, Mti . . ."), sometimes sheer bravado ("Heaven thunders, the earth trembles before [the king] . . ."). But they also pleaded good works on behalf of the Pharaoh ("I gave bread to the hungry, clothing to the naked, I ferried him who had no boat...
...started spreading his modern ideas with lots of help from his wife. Earlier, he had turned out abstract designs for the railings on two new bridges for Hiroshima: one was a sweeping single line with a half sphere rising at each end; the other, shaped like a long, low boat. In both, Noguchi wanted to symbolize the city leaving the past for a new and better life. But the symbolism was lost on most Japanese. "The A-bomb," said one, "wasn't abstract, you know...
According to Coolidge, Davis immediately accepted, and Coolidge set about getting him a fellowship. A pharmaceutical company obliged with $3,000, but Davis had left even before he knew he won the fellowship. Davis put his life savings into the boat and provisions. The New Zealand government gave him $30 for expenses...