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...your April 12 issue, p. 14, you tell about an "infuscate U. S. sailor." Now is that a sneer or not? It seems a funny way to express that the sailor was drunk. I think you ought to respect the U. S. Navy and not use a sneer. "Tight," or "squiffed," or "boiled" or maybe "groggy" would have meant the same and not sounded so sneering...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: May 3, 1926 | 5/3/1926 | See Source »

...Sailor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 19, 1926 | 4/19/1926 | See Source »

...those who laughed heartily when a U. S. Lieutenant wrote you from Balboa (TIME, April 5) to complain that you had referred to a U.S. common sailor as "insignificant" in comparison with H. R. H. the Crown Prince of Sweden [TIME, Feb. 15, SWEDEN...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 19, 1926 | 4/19/1926 | See Source »

...saber-rattling gentry must have their joke. I suppose Lieutenant Turner would "point with pride" to the Negro gob who was mauled by Italians for tearing up Italian money while he sang: "She smacks me, she smacks me not!" [TIME, April 12, ITALY.] There's a "significant" U.S. sailor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 19, 1926 | 4/19/1926 | See Source »

...What color is an infuscate sailor? (See ITALY...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Quiz: Apr. 12, 1926 | 4/12/1926 | See Source »

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