Word: dodo
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...party has there been such confusion in the Tower. And then, it may be recalled, Alice and her friends were merely preparing to go to a party and not, as seems to be the case here, having a party all of their own. But listen a bit for yourselves. Dodo, very serious, is making the opening dinner speech...
...Dodo was standing at the window looking pensively at the hustling world below and without turning around simply said: "My good Sir: that is the fascinating part of living here. You get a chance to transcend your habits; you have to look for things anew; you get a chance to wonder--and that, Sir, is the beginning of all philosophy. Professor Whitehead will tell you more about that. Go to Emerson A at 12 today and listen...
...continued the Dodo, standing on one leg and the other against his forehead, "the officials have discovered that the average family's cooking oven and pans will not accomodate a turkey weighing more than eighteen pounds. The new one will fit in every home; and weigh about fifteen pounds. It's science, and it's politics...
Alice felt quite puzzled at the Dodo's last remark, but all she said was: "Why wouldn't it be easier to make the pans and ovens a little bigger...
...Dodo thought he would come to the rescue...