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Word: capus (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...legislators, busy setting an all-time record of introducing nearly 2,500 bills in 132 days, relaxed when the chickadee resolution came up. Senator George McNeill of Fayetteville trooped over to the State museum, brought back a stuffed chickadee to enlighten his urban colleagues. Senator Capus Waynick, editor of the High Point Enterprise, listened to Senator Hill's imitative calls, rose up to declare that the Carolina mockingbird was a better singer. In the House someone told Salisbury's veteran Representative Walter Pete Murphy that the chickadee eats insects. "For God's sake," cried...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Tomtitters | 5/29/1933 | See Source »

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