Word: dad
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...tough time struggling through Annapolis. Born in David son, Mich., of Revolutionary stock on his father's side, Scottish on his mother's, Tommy Hart was an undersized 15-year-old when he won his appointment to the Naval Academy. There he was derisively christened "Dad." Puny, next to the youngest in his class, he wobbled along For a couple of years, picking up a bit of wooden-ship lore on summer cruises in square-riggers, distinguishing himself not at all. But in his last two years at the Academy he began to get the hang of things...
...Then Dad horns in and says, "Milk, hell, that kid is crying for TIME...
...came off worse than any of us. She was thrown against the fire and could not move until they got her out after two or three hours. Both legs were very badly burnt; one had to be amputated, but they are trying to save the other. The doctor told Dad it was getting on slowly but as the bone was burnt in one place, it would be a very long job. They are now talking of a skin-graft, so it sounds as though it is going to be saved after all. The doctor told Dad that her stump...
Another complaint I have to make. We should have two TIMES a week in our home as Dad leaves for his office before I get up and takes TIME with him. I could use it every day in school-only there the teachers make a grab for it. Some day I'll have a subscription...
...doubt. They remember their own youth and are kind, tolerant and understanding, but firm in the dispensing of parental authority. However, when I'm really in the wrong and deserve to be punished, I get it: said "it" being 48 sound whacks across my bare bottom with Dad's hand...