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Every man and woman in the nation should be drafted at once for war work. Those of us who can't fight can learn to make airplanes. Those of us who can't make airplanes can darn the airplane-makers' socks or cook their meals. Some of us can register those who are drafted. Some of us can answer telephones and lick stamps and run errands. Surely there is a place for everyone...
...these are really minor flaws. You'll laugh so hard at the rest of the picture that you won't even pay any attention to what's wrong. Too darn much is right about it for that...
...family for generations. Like most sailors, the Admiral has a yen for farming, would like to put his wife's dairy on a "businesslike basis." When they were first separated, Mrs. Hart wrote to Tommy that she was lonely. Cheerfully he replied: "If you weren't so darn healthy, you wouldn't be lonely...
...Best thing about this job is that at last we have a chance to sit down and argue," Harry remarged. "And the professors are darn co-operative and willing to discuss anything." Most of the Fellows take courses for the men rather than the course. Buck Hopper, Schlesinger, Merk and Jones drew top honors...
Briggs Hall . . . where in the devil is Briggs Hall? What's the hour? Five to seven. Twentyfive minuets late and he wasn't even sure how to get to the darn dormitory. Vag half-ran, half-walked across the Cambridge Common toward the Commander Hotel. He knew that was in the general direction of Radcliffe, but his face was flushed from hurrying and his mind was a wastebasket of torn-off thoughts. He couldn't even remember exactly what she looked like. He had danced with her when he crashed the Freshman get-together; taken her out for a cigarette...