Word: possum
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...bois of Louisiana's French trappers, didelphys in the classic zoology of Linnaeus and finally the modern opossum. This is the Indian name as recorded by Captain John Smith at Jamestown. But even Smith was wrong, said the King's surveyor in Carolina. The word was possum, preceded by a grunt, hence the opossum...
...Dull. Mystery and myth have surrounded the home life and sex habits of the possum through four centuries. Now, in a new book called Possum (University of Texas Press; $6), complete with elaborate recipes for possum and 'taters, Dr. Carl G. Hartman, "pioneer possum embryologist and accoucheur," tells...
...rotund and genial creator of the comic strip possum had a little difficulty with traffic conditions in the Square and arrived a few minutes late for his scheduled lecture. Kelly, in fact, spent the first part of his informal talk explaining to students his impression of "the way a person in a uniform must feel when surrounded by so many people without uniforms...
Walt Kelly, creator and curator of Pogo, the presidential 'possum, will speak at the New Lecture Hall at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow, his New York office announced yesterday. Kelly plans to Begin his national stumping tour in Cambridge, and will deliver a chalk talk, free of charge, "to everyone who can take...
...Nussbaum '53, who quickly began plans for forming a University Pogo club, admitted surprise last night at the reception the little 'Possum had received. "It's beginning to look serious," he muttered when contacted last night...