Word: duckings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...days as a pioneer Wyoming lawyer, Willis Van Devanter was an ardent horseman and grizzly-hunter. At 77, he plays an occasional round of golf, goes duck-shooting several times each season. One of these forays occurred one afternoon early last month. He and his shooting crony, Rev. ZëBarney Phillips, chaplain of the Senate, went down to the Deep Hole Point Club, a rough wooden shack on the "Old Dawdon Place" near Occoquan, Va., 35 mi. southwest of Washington...
...haven't got a duck stamp?" queried...
...Duck stamp?" returned the Supreme Court Justice. "What do you mean...
...potent a citizen as Motorman Walter P. Chrysler was last autumn fined in Federal Court for failing to have his duck stamp on his hunting license (TIME, Nov. 9). But when Chaplain Phillips revealed the identity of his ignorant companion, Warden King tipped his hat. "I'll take your word for it, sir," said he, and respect fully rowed away...
...date that needs no explanation. Not so the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December. Never has this date meant anything special to anyone, but this year it did. Under an amendment to the U. S. Code, adopted in 1934 after the adoption of the Lame Duck Amendment of the Constitution, the Electoral College met then instead of on the first Wednesday in January...