Word: tracing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Charles ("Pete") Conrad Jr., 39, commander U.S.N., Apollo 12's skipper, is the son of a Philadelphia investment banker and a graduate of Princeton University who displays no trace of Main Line reserve. He is an inveterate joke teller, likes to whistle through the gap between his front teeth and listens for hours to country-and-Western music. At 5 ft. 64 in. he is the second shortest of the astronauts. A pilot since the age of 14, he is still fascinated with flying, particularly acrobatics (he was stunting in a jet over Florida only two days before...
Andreas recalls that "Spiro's grandfather was rich by Gargaliani standards." He was a notary public, which carried legal duties and status in 19th century Greece. "But during the Balkan Wars of 1912-13," recalls Andreas, "there was a financial crisis." Without a trace of self-pity, Andreas explains that "though the family was financially broken, our pride and honor kept us from making crooked deals. Therefore we are poor...
...fellow fans. I come to you this morning with a heavy heart, for a grave crisis is at hand. Sometime between the hours of 10 a.m. Monday and 8 a.m. Tuesday, Captain Crunch was kidnapped from the Quincy House JCR. No trace was left, and as of now, no ransom has been demanded. We have no evidence that he is still alive...
...license lapse for want of time to pursue that hobby. His hunting days are over because of legal hazards. "The hunting laws became so strict," he says, "that I finally decided I was taking a chance of breaking some laws any time I went hunting." Without a trace of irony, he adds: "And you know a judge can't afford to take chances...
There is a great deal of comment in all these works. The hat, for example, is an image every English major at college encounters as far back as the medieval balladeers who sang of the brave Sir Patrick Spens, who drowned leaving no trace but a floating hat. In Washington's scissors there is the suggestion of red tape and the hint of emasculation...