Word: loree
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Full of years and honors, rich in curious lore and master if lethal epigram, an archetype of the New England schoolmaster has crossed over to where the Shakespearean-Baconian controversy has long since been settled. No that it ever troubled George Lyman Kittredge, Gurney professor of English at Harvard University ("I will admit that Bacon wrote them if you will tell me who wrote Bacon"), for he had better use for his time. Jack Macy used to do an impersonation of Kittredge (in "Kitty's" presence), excoriating every known editor of Shakespeare. I have been too busy for the pawst...
...Douglas' performance (cruising speed 186 m.p.h.) was a bitter disappointment, even though the Army Air Corps had patiently explained that the 6-19 was built not so much for use as for experience in building big ships. Probably there will never be another 6-19, but the lore learned in her building will go into many a fancier ship...
Peck speaks no Thai, and his China lore will be no asset to him in Thailand. The Thai people love the Chinese about the way a County Cork Irishman loves the British. Like the Irish, Thailanders are not impressed by the bold, underdog fight their neighbors are putting up against the Axis...
They buddied up to British soldiers and learned some of the Island's lore. They learned that fire has had more to do with the volcanic island's look than the ice for which it is named. That Reyk means smoke and Reykjavik is "the smoking harbor." That Mount Hekla was considered by medieval Icelandic monks the entrance into Hell. That the poetic Icelanders have named their rocks and rills Waterfall of the Gods and Lava of Evil Deeds and Trembling River...
...combat work, she is the first big experiment by the Air Corps with the supersize aircraft that may be the bombers of the future. In her design and building, Douglas and Air Corps engineers learned many a principle they had no more than suspected from their plane-building lore in smaller ships. From flying and maintaining her, they expect to learn much more...