Word: gobs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Nevertheless few of these ex-service-academy footballers are likely to be drafted this fall. Kelly, having served 22 months as a gob before he went to Annapolis, is exempt. So are McWilliams and Arkansas' Clyde Scott (ex-Annapolis)-thanks to being enrolled in advanced R.O.T.C. Most vulnerable: Penn's Minisi...
Seaborg Tells. Until recently, atomic doodlers had little real information. But last week, Glenn T. Seaborg, codiscoverer of plutonium, and leading chemist of the Manhattan Project, released a gob of it. Said Seaborg: "It is not at all out of the question that the greatest gains to humanity from the atomic energy development will result from the widespread use of tracers...
...Switzerland alone, the Nazis thus lost a huge gob of capital and hidden assets which might otherwise have been used to hasten defeated Germany's return to power. Even more important, the Swiss measures established a precedent for similar safeguards in other neutral countries where the Nazis might seek financial and personal shelter. "Lauch" Currie had British, French and U.S. associates on his mission, but he was entitled to a personal accolade when he returned to Washington. Said he : "This really ends the last hope of the Nazis for establishing themselves through the safe haven of property held abroad...
...discovered this mid winter sport only 15 years ago. Their steelheaders' tackle was homemade -from coffee cans and bicycle baskets. Now they use 15-ox. rods & reels with jewel bearings. Equipment includes cans of "goof" (salmon eggs) for bait, a spool of red thread (to tie walnut-sized gobs of goof on the hook), a whiskey bottle and a "gob rag" - a fetid turkish towel for wiping hands after fixing the bait...
...Sample stanza: And every farmer in the land Up on his hind legs will stand And the laborer at his job And the soldier and the gob...