Word: logs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...coverts and other unfortunate evidences of that dilapidated state into which nature habitually falls in winter. The crow stopped occasionally, but it covered about half a mile, as an erratic crow flies, before it roosted invitingly in a tree just beyond a ramshackle, wooden building. Frank crossed a mossy log over a creek and got within 100 feet of his quarry. Balancing there, he drew a bead and fired...
...lighting of the yule log and cucumber sandwiches--for years a staple at Mrs. Perkins' Thursday afternoon teas--are about the most tangible things one can point to in the House's character. The many similar traditions are a proof of its distinctiveness, of a certain "esprit de corps," as Housemaster Eliott Perkins '23 puts...
James Yule--has lighted the Yule log at Kirkland since...
...dream: some 30 ships lined up like pins in an alley. Eight torpedoes hit six of them, including two ammunition ships, and turned the harbor into "a wholesale fireworks display with the aurora borealis and a couple of sunsets to boot." An hour later, Skipper Fluckey noted in his log: "Crossed the 20 fathom curve with a sigh ... However, life begins at 40 fathoms...
...skiing tournament 45 miles to the north of Hanover took place in bitter sub-zero cold. Many weekenders by-passed the athletics and elected to settle by crackling log fires...