Word: brush
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last week the Navy heaved-hoed a tremendous sigh of relief, ravenously seized the opportunity afforded by a routine brush-off of so-some Inactive Reservists to dump Lieut. Commander Winchell over the side. Officially he was given his choice of either resigning his reserve commission by July i or standing by to take active duty wherever & whenever the Navy thinks best...
Warning to hikers and picnickers: 1) ticks are everywhere, so make careful inquiries before going on a long tramp; 2) keep arms, legs and neck covered when walking through brush or high grass; 3) take ticks off yourself or dog with tweezers, not fingers...
...picture Wichita Bill would have slashed up if he could: a sentimental landscape of a sunrise over Boulogne, France. As Wichita Bill's brush left it, it was not so bad, but after the picture was sold in 1921 for $3,500, it was badly retouched, finally found its way into the collection of William Randolph Hearst...
...annual meeting (see col. 1), an urgent question was frequently relayed: "Where's Dickinson? Where's Dickinson?" Dr. Robert Latou Dickinson, a sprightly, tousle-headed octogenarian, was wanted by many an exhibitor whose scientific side show needed a few finishing touches from the Dickinson palette and brush...
...next summer he was back. At once he was arrested as a spy by Nazi-conscious Panama police. After eight days in a foul jail, he was freed and darted south into the brush. Three weeks later he emerged from the jungle at the Colombian border. Having done the impossible, he presented his notes and films to the Highway officers, returned to his classroom. As reward he asked nothing, and got it. Last week plans were going ahead for preliminary surveys of the Panama-Colombia link...