Word: ups
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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But it is a queer world to live in when all one's business, all one's plans, indeed all the minute and intimate details of everyday life are governed by this possible disaster of death from the skies, and what is much worse than death-mutilation and...
Incidentally, the Balloon Barrage is quite beautiful. We have had such incomparable weather since the war started that every day we can see these "silver fish" swimming into the clouds: because as the clouds approach -a thing you are not normally conscious of - these balloons appear to swim into them...
Another rumor started by some pessimistic fool, was that the Rodney had been sunk. This arose because some naval officers were playing Shove Ha'penny, or some equally exciting game, somewhere or other, and one of the players was called Rodney. He was losing very heavily and when at...
That age-old gratuitous insult to our Holy Father is not unknown among bitter anti-Catholics like the Orangemen of Belfast or renegade Catholics of whom Hitler and Goebbels are two up-to-the-minute specimens.
As you undoubtedly know, your make-up editor employed the device of deleting part of a sentence sent to you. It is true I did oil up my rifle, but for the purpose of shooting a buck. I killed a 96-lb. buck and regaled my men's club...