Word: mate
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...partly to the inherent soundness of the story by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall. Their hero, Terangi (Jon Hall), has been happy all his life because he has been free and healthy. His boss, Captain Nagle (Jerome Cowan), gave him a blue cap when he made him first mate of the fishing schooner; after that Terangi was happier than ever. His happiness reached a vivid, lyric pinnacle when he was married in the Catholic church, in front of all the island, to his love, Marama (Dorothy Lamour). He did not understand her nightmare a few nights later when...
...room yesterday, police said, and his bed was not slept in last night. Clark Cummings 1L, Burgess' room-mate, could not be reached yesterday but his neighbors in Perkins Hall described him as "always cheerful." He had no trouble with his work, they said. A graduate of the University of Cincinnati in 1936 Burgess came here this year...
...captain and the mate both bent over him. Now it was coming. 'Like trying to pass cars on the top of hills. On that road in Cuba. On any road. Anywhere ... I mean how things are. The way that they been going. For a while yes sure all right. Maybe with luck. A man.' He stopped. The captain shook his head at the mate again. Harry Morgan looked at him flatly. The captain wet Harry's lips again. They made a bloody mark on the towel...
...surviving, nine men launched a life-raft. A huge wave broke the line and knocked two overboard. After dark another line was made fast to the fore-rigging, and by means of a breeches buoy the two remaining men, more dead than alive, were landed. One was the mate, who told the people that he had seen his wife and little boy drown when a wave broke into the cabin...
Wilson has been shifted from position to position with amazing rapidity since the end of last season. Last fall he and his room-mate, Chief Boston, battled it out for a starting post at blocking back. They both played about half of each game, although it was Wilson's name that usually appeared in the starting lineups...