Word: walked
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...starboard accommodation ladder gangway, as part of the ceremony in formally receiving commissioned officers and distinguished civil officials, is a hangover from the time when ships had no accommodation ladders and guests reached the deck seated in a boatswain's chair attached to a whip. Orders to "walk away handsomely" on the whip were given through the boatswain's pipe (whistle...
...whip than in the case of a younger and presumably slighter lieutenant, say. So, the number of "side-boys" stationed at the ladder today varies with the rank of the guest being received. Also present-day "piping of the side" is a relic of the old order to walk away on the whip...
...broadbill will roll (to shake the hook from his soft mouth, if caught there), sound (dive straight for the bottom), double under the boat to cut the line, make a run to try to carry away your tackle. Famed for his prodigious jumps, the marlin has been known to "walk on his tail" 50 yd. When you have landed such a fish, you have something...
...roofing for bullets) the food problem waned. It was not until 1807 that it broke out again in its violent manner. Maggots in the cabbage soup brought about the Cabbage Rebellion, and minor bickering continued until the outbreak of 1819, the "great Rebellion" which combined a hunger strike, and walk-out of 30 students, weird wardances, bonfires, a battle-royal of tableware, and a noted epic "The Rebelliad...
Names make news. Last week these names made this news: Englewood, N. J. friends of the Lindberghs reported that their new Scotch terrier Thor, when commanded: "Go take the little dog for a walk." seizes the leash of Skene, the other Lindbergh Scottie, marches it proudly around the estate. Into the new beauty parlor she was opening on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue Hocked the friends of Mrs. Howard Chandler Christy* for a housewarming. Tall, plump, blonde, Proprietress Christy was the famed illustrator's chief model for eight years before she became his second wife. Rumania's King...