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...asked to postscript that the boys aren't unanimous in their approval of the "chow," although there are no really serious complaints that no swill is served. (It is sold...
...slang in Britain, where it is always received with enthusiasm and prompt use, is "sweating out." This usually means stewing in one's own juice, as "sweating out" a reprimand from a commanding officer. But it also has less serious meanings. Airmen in England sweat out a chow line (i.e., wait for food) or a routine assignment like a training flight...
...advertising"-bridge, cocktail parties, etc. For some reason he imagined that the way to get on with his job was to make himself socially objectionable. He expanded his mustache (a fixture on & off from his 19th year) to a full beard, wore dirty brown corduroy suits, bought a yellow chow dog to ride beside him in his bathtub-sized yellow Renault roadster. He became socially unsought-after. A Hollywood urchin finally shamed him out of it with the old standby: "Get a horse...
...fewer meets... the daily race of the Senior Class from Carpenter to Cowie Hall at twelve-thirty sharp is, in may respects, a compensating substitute. That which it lacks in organization is made up for in keeness of competition. After all, the incentive of a first place in the chow line can hardly be compared with the nebulous reward of breaking an IC4A Record, or winning a little tin medal...
Another tip, when they start throwing clothes onto you, make sure they are on the ample side. You, too, may think you are heavy enough but, given six months of army chow, you will find once close-fitting blouse and trousers will be tugging at the buttons...