Word: mascot
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Eide also wrote an article for the Krokodil which will be published shortly. It is a humorous conversation between the Lampoon's symbol, the Ibis, and the Russian magazine's mascot, a crocodile. Eide said that the article contains a humorous jab at Russia's poor modern architecture. In the article, Ibis says, "I liked St. Basil's best of all the buildings...
...always complex monsters like their ancestral V2. They are steadily growing smaller, simpler and cheaper. This week Republic Aviation Corp. told about a non-military rocket that it is manufacturing for a Defense Department project administered by the University of Maryland. Called the Terrapin (after the university's mascot), it is a two-stage, solid-propellant rocket that climbs 80 miles...
...Jumbo onto the Tufts campus and into the Barnum Museum caused no little stir. The building's stone steps had to be removed and its floor lowered three times before Jumbo gained his final resting place in 1890. By that time the huge elephant had officially become the Tufts' mascot and the college was nicknamed the "Jumbos...
...Like its mascot, the reborn 101st Division has not yet realized in fact its symbolic potential. But the ingredients are there. When fully trained, equipped and tested, it may provide the Army with the answers it desperately seeks for survival and victory on the atomic battlefield...
...possession of a young Korean jockey until the boy's sister lost her leg in a land-mine accident; then he decided to sell the horse to the Marines for $250 in order to buy his sister an artificial leg. On the front lines, Reckless became both a mascot and an efficient carrier of ammunition for a recoilless ("Reckless") rifle platoon, 5th Marines. She learned to relish C-rations and Wheaties, and to drink beer out of a helmet or a glass. She also learned to string communications wire efficiently and to kneel down when enemy fire came close...