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...opinions and reactions of several hundred soldiers at Fort Jackson, making up a good cross section of our fighting men, are at all worth considering, then you're not just "all wet" but thoroughly soaked when you say that John Lewis "defied, thwarted and outmaneuvered the head of 135,000,000 people...
...whipped them. On one occasion Admiral Sir James Fownes Somerville on the Nelson knocked the Italians and escaped with nothing worse than a scare from an Italian torpedo, which missed. Flashed A.B.C.: "Flag to Nelson. Success of your operation should console you for nearly getting slap in belly with wet fish." When Admiral Somerville was given a second knighthood, A.B.C. signaled "Congratulations. Twice a knight. And at your...
...case-lot had to pay more per bottle than the single-bottle price. In California police cars careened through the streets of Oakland and Berkeley in the best Volstead manner, chasing gangsters who had hijacked hooch ; in dry Charlotte, N.C. bell hops and hack drivers bootlegged moonshine from nearby wet counties. And in Washington OPA huffpuffed...
Shocked, maimed and suspicious of the whites at Oscar's farm, Norman planned to get a job on the railroad, started beating his way through the bush to avoid white men's towns. But the wet season with its cockeye bobs (man-eating storms) turned his plans topsy-turvy. Lost for days, his horses gone, Norman was picked up by a band of aborigines and comforted: "Proper good country dis one. Plenty kangaroo, plenty buffalo, plenty bandicoot, plenty yam, plenty goose, plenty duck, plenty lubra [squaws], plenty corroboree [dancing...
When play was resumed on the wet field, the Crimson refused to be bogged down and came forward with a set of goals for a lead that was never lost. The only other Harvard scores were made by Nat Brackett. The Springfield attackers were led by midfielder Carlson, who netted four tallies. Thompson and Midgeley made the other points that brought Springfield's total...