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Next day the Germans poured in crack parachute troops and the battle degenerated into ding-dong fighting in the town and on the hills, each side gaining little and suffering heavy losses. Net result: the ugly situation shown above...
Saludo a Don Carlos, whose Spanish buffaloed three Boston fillies Saturday night. If his mission here were not so secret we could say more.... Five minutes silent meditation for the Critchlowean restriction of the spirited rendition entitled "Ding Dong Daddy." We'll hum it in your honor, K. K.... And while we're on the subject, may we apply for the grass skirt on the left for the Regimental...
Depreciation on Building $13,795.14Cost of Ding Business...
Most theories presuppose that primitive man laboriously developed language from what were at first mere random sounds. According to the "ding-dongists," man's first words were based on the characteristic sounds made by objects when they are struck (e.g., the splash of water). The "bow-wowers" hold that man began talking by mimicking the sounds of nature. The "pooh-poohers" believe that instinctive cries of pain, surprise, love or the like were the original source of words. In 1930 British Physicist Sir Richard Paget got more scientific about it, argued that words originated in man's characteristic...
...political ding-donging of internationalists v. isolationists, the Democratic Party is sitting pretty: it gets credit for favoring "world cooperation" without having to make any specific commitments. But Republicans, accused of being "isolationists," are constantly pressed to define exactly how much "cooperation" they are for. This may, in the end, be good for them-since Republicans, forced to think, may wind up with much clearer ideas...