Word: emblem
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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With a wingspread of six to seven feet, the adult golden eagle is about the same size as the full-grown bald eagle (U. S. national emblem) but the golden eagle is fiercer and stronger. It preys mostly on small mammals such as rabbits and squirrels, whereas the bald eagle's favorite food is fish. The Walkers took a baby golden eagle from an eyrie in California, christened him "Caesar," trained him to fly and return like a falcon. When Caesar was fully grown, they tested his capacity load...
...hundred and twenty-five delegates slept in the city jail. Democrats carried a big banner saying ROOSEVELT AGAIN, AGAIN AND AGAIN. Liberal-Independents had as their official emblem a giraffe, "because it sticks its neck out." At the height of the Republican convention, a huge papier-mâché-headed elephant opened up and out tumbled a bevy of college girls...
...victories. But only six of these will get a major H. The rest will have to console themselves with minor letters as recognition of their effort. For under Harvard's unique and cobweb-hung system, not those who compete, but only those who place against Yale earn a full emblem. A man can be one of the two best on his squad in an event, and still not display the big award. It takes at least fifteen men to play a football game, and they all get their letter, win or lose. To swim the nine events in a regular...
...Surprise Party's platform is redwood trimmed with "nutty" pine; its emblem is a kangaroo for Leap Year (see cut). She has a song which goes: Vote for Gracie To "win the Presidential racie. . . . Vote for Gracie, Keep voting all day long...
...with the hammer-&-sickle of Soviet Russia and U. S. Communism lowered down from the flies above the auditorium stage, over Mr. Lewis' head. Angry delegates leaped from their seats. To puzzled Mr. Lewis, who did not see the flag, a convention secretary passed a note. The offensive emblem was removed. "It appears," said Mr. Lewis, whose union has long barred known Reds, "that someone attempted to perform a most cowardly, reprehensible and dastardly trick...