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During the rest of the war, Bill got plenty of action. He flew bombing missions all over the Pacific with Buzz Miller's famous "Reluctant Raiders." He was slightly wounded by flak over Truk, but came through the war in tiptop shape and a lieutenant commander...
...into the load from the first face-off, the Crimson ten gained a 6 to 0 lead in the first period, and scored twice more before the Tarheels first tallied. Realizing the impending rout, Munro then replaced his first two midfields with the third string line of Hank Rate, Buzz Smyth, and Sam Huttenbauer...
...tenants at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue had their share of moving-in headaches. Ike Eisenhower found the bookcases empty in his White House office, and the pale green walls all but stripped of their pictures.* When Ike started to open his mail, he had to buzz for a letter opener. A little later he tugged in vain at the drawer of the broad mahogany presidential desk (which once belonged to Teddy Roosevelt). "Mr. Simmons." said Ike to Receptionist Bill Simmons, "is there a key to this desk? I can't get into this drawer." Simmons produced a key, Ike opened...
...buzzes are so entrenched in the lighting system that the noise will not end, there is another solution available. A small expenditure of library funds could easily transform the grating buzz to a soothing tinkle of bells...
When Lamont Library first opened its plate glass doors, the general comment ran, "Fine, but a few bugs have to be ironed out." After five years, these bugs have unionized, formed shifts, and now buzz from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. each evening in the first level fluorescent lights. The sound has been one of Lamont's distinctive features, a source of pride to the library staff and the insect kingdom...