Word: marley
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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After a few parties Vag was getting thoroughly depressed. He never had been one to pep up a party, and nobody else seemed inclined to do anything about the pall over the festivities. On the night before Christmas he sat at home and read about Scrooge and Marley and Tiny Tim, but it didn't make him feel any better. Neither did the radio version of the Bible story about the star in the East and peace on earth, good will to men. Before, Christmas had always been a lovely mixture of candlelight and fir trees, beautiful organ music...
Last week satirical "I Want To Be A Captain, Too" clubs were organized; buttons thus inscribed were worn throughout the East; a song was written to that slogan; and in Portland, Ore., 25 youths invaded a recruiting station, gave hard-boiled Sergeant Marley near-apoplexy by eagerly demanding they be enrolled as captains...