Word: breast
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...blunder clearly did not help such German propaganda as that reported by the captain of the freighter Rio Gallegos, just back in port. He told how a Nazi submarine commander had stopped him north of Bermuda, presented him with a Nazi decoration (from the commander's own breast) and a bottle of champagne...
...great Billy Mitchell were still alive, his answer would be "yes." But Billy Mitchell is dead, with his rank posthumously upped and most of his prophecies as bright as the multi-colored ribbons that swatched the breast of his tunic. But except for a few civilian followers such as "Sascha" Seversky and Al Williams, his disciples are mute. Even at this stage of World War II, it is not politic for men in uniform to make predictions...
Lanoue claims that sailors could jump feet first through the flames, swim as long as they could under water (swimming for his life, a man might make 100 yards without air), then spring above the flames to breathe, taking a breast stroke to push flames away, and sink and swim again. Thus a man could navigate up to 200 yards of burning oil. Only time Freddie has been singed was when he had on a shirt and an air bubble inside it kept him too long above the surface...
...Breast Cancer, which first shows up as tiny lumps in the breast, and can also be cured if removed early. (The percentage of breast-cancer victims who reach a surgeon in time for operation has risen from 23% in 1920 to 61% in 1935, because more women are on the lookout for suspicious nodes.) This type of cancer is apparently caused by abnormal activity of female sex hormones, acting in balance with the pituitary and adrenal glands. Breast cancer definitely runs in families...
...Clean Breast. In The Bronx, an orphanage head heard that his bookkeeper had been drinking, asked him abruptly: "How long has this been going on?" Said the man: "Six months." Asked the employer: "How much?" Answer: "About $1,500." It turned out that the book keeper had been embezzling...