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Word: tis (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Greatest feature of this ball carrier is that he can talk perfectly normally while hiding the ball in his mouth. IN practice sessions several candidates, playing against the CRIMSON Varsity, were amazed and said so. One instance stands out especially, a news cafligsk umbubble craanenk tis fras derdenderder- sorry well, anyway, it's tricky as all hell...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LAMPOON FATTED CALF TO BE DEVOURED BY CRIMSON TODAY | 4/30/1943 | See Source »

...electromagnet, Telephonist Alexander Graham Bell had figured out the general location of the bullet (see cut), but no operation was performed. A more accurate guess (through deduction) by Anatomist Feneuil Dunkin Weisse was also disregarded, but later proved by autopsy. A wag cracked: "When ignorance is Bliss, 'tis folly to be Weisse." Two Points. Even though X-ray has long been in use, research on finding foreign bodies still goes on in the attempt to bridge a surgeon's difficulty in not being able to see what he is after. Even with the best modern methods he sometimes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Un-haystacking a Needle | 4/12/1943 | See Source »

Take a bearing on the 26th of April, me lads ... 'tis bandied about that on said date 1-43 becomes eligible to wear a white shirt every day ... and a paper collar every two day ... in short, achieve the distinction (?) of being summoned as Company A ... the date of our "last night ashore" is still shrouded in a typical New England mist ... lay your own odds as to whether we see the sunrise over the Yard on the 30th of May or not, or march with your own local American Legion in the holiday parade. Casualty list: a good percentage...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BAKER'S DOZEN | 4/9/1943 | See Source »

...Tis said that Isler intends to publish his own right guide casualty list as of April...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Flotsam and Jetsam of Company B | 4/9/1943 | See Source »

Although little of this idea remains applicable to local scafaring men, authentic sources indicate that the typical NSCS weekend probably includes at least scraping the deck at the Statler, conducting "sociological" tours to New York, or remaining at home delving into the Manual. 'Tis significant, though, that a considerable number of men lenderedence to the idea that a minor emphasis is placed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Walking the Plank | 4/9/1943 | See Source »

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