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Such a home Germans called a Leyhaus, a bitter pun on Leihhaus, which means pawnbroker...
...crest, which is "Touch not gloveless." Said he: "It Is a Scots motto, and means literally, do not touch the cat with a gloveless hand; it may scratch you. Appropriate, yes, but it has nothing to do with my name. The College of Heralds would not make a pun, you snow. Catto means fight, battle...
...Pun and Tinkle. From Auckland to Dunedin, Tuesday to Friday, New Zealanders hear the tinkle of the bell summoning House members from the lobby at precisely 2:30 p.m. Eight hours later-with a two-hour dinner intermission-they catch Speaker William E. Barnard's words ending the day's session. Although the broadcasts have long since lost their novelty, guesstimators swear that for big debates half the Dominion's radios pick up Australasia's most powerful station (2YA, 60 kilowatts...
...citizens hear lesser matters, too, from five microphones slung above the House's black-leather settees-an occasional barroom pun, laments upon a Representative's hangover, etc. The Speaker of the House censors all speeches for military security with a push button at his right hand. Orators can tell how they are doing by watching the colored lights above his desk. Red means "fine." White means the mike is dead...
This breezy, tweedy, pun-loving admirer of Turgenev, Tolstoy, Hardy, James, Howells and Meredith was a great teach er, because his enthusiasm was infectious...