Word: guernsey
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...cows and a 1,200-lb. Guernsey bull named Klondike Iceberg-first bull ever born in Little America; 15 emperor penguins, of which one was decidedly indisposed; the knowledge that seal meat looks like liver, but tastes different; indisputable proof that the common cold and other germs flourish in Antarctica; samples of unidentified bugs which live in snow and melted ice pools; the memory of four months alone in an ice hut, "lonely as hell," studying weather conditions, reading 85 books and letting his hair grow to shoulder-length...
...severely cut by the ice. He bought his eggs by the week, turned them over each morning like so many hour-glasses, so that the yolk would not settle to the edge, start rotting. After three years of London, Fowler joined his brother Frank on the island of Guernsey, lived in hermit-like sociability, 50 yards away from him, until the War. Fowler liked to work sitting in the door of his cottage, dressed in football jersey and shorts. At 50 Fowler quietly married a middle-aged hospital superintendent, as garrulous as he was taciturn. Their marriage was childless, happy...
...ships now abuilding, the U. S. ranks ninth with 27,000 tons, just a shade ahead of Spain.* Fortnight ago, there arrived in Manhattan 88 blooded cows, bulls and heifers from the Islands of Jersey and Guernsey. Said the American Merchant Line: "The demand for space for highclass horses and cattle has returned almost to normal. The owners of breeding farms are buying again, which is always a good sign...
Browne and Nichols: cox. Babb; stroke, Watson; 7, Butler; 6, Guernsey; 5. Minot; 4, Vaughn; 3. Johnstone; 2, Lane; bow, Woodman...
...GUERNSEY...