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...head belong me" ("I want a haircut"), and the 23rd Psalm was still going native in a wide variety of ways: e.g., Australia's "Big Name watchem sheepysheep. Watchum blackfella. No more belly cry fella hob . . ."; New Guinea's "Deus iwas gut long mi, im igifim mi ol samtig...
...like" ("He had been ill for several months and had underwent a gall bladder operation six weeks ago," or "Then, after Jim Hearn had left a 2-1 victory in the nightcap slip away . . ."). A lively headline-MOCKTAIL TIXING KILT, COCKTAIL MIXING TILT WON BY-WHO WON 'AT OL' THING ANYWAY? -is listed under "Chuckle heads...
...delete titles; 4) if there are four (names, make an initial of the second; 5) if the name is still too long, make an initial of the fourth. Thus, Antonio Orlando Sanchidrian Palmero, a charter subscriber to LIFE EN ESPAÑOL, became A. O. Sanchidrian P., for purposes of his file card...
...workers, made swift promotions of promising men. He set up pensions, medical dispensaries, provided good food in company restaurants at cheap prices. He talked with workers to get their gripes, often made shop addresses to keep them informed. In such talks Crawford likes to call the company "an Ol' Brown Hen," which will keep every body warm if they keep her fat and feathered...
They were very bitter, up there in Thomson's Falls-and at Naro Moru, and Ol Kalou, and at Nyeri, and on the Kinangop, and in all that Mau Mau-infested country -about the politicians in Nairobi. "They sit," said a farmer vehemently, "on their fat behinds, in their nice offices, and make up soothing speeches. What we need is more men-far more men-and more action...