Word: whaled
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...constellation Cetus (the Whale), the twin stars will be known to astronomers as L 726-8 (L for Luyten, the figures to indicate position in the sky). Both stars are red and much cooler than the sun, which gives out 40,000 times as much light as one unit, 60,000 times as much as the other. The twins revolve around each other every 20 to 25 years, keeping about 275 million miles apart...
...version, directed by documentary-minded Henry Hathaway (The House on 92nd Street), might have been a real humdinger in the same tradition. Unfortunately, it rarely gets much nearer to a real whale than a few tons of refrigerated blubber and some background footage of Pacific whales lazing about off the coast of Southern California. To offset this handicap, canny Skipper Hathaway has concentrated on character study, backed by careful casting and straightforward camera work...
...patient was the whole U.S., and diagnosing its state of health was something like standing in shallow water and trying to feel a whale's pulse. There was room for all, and last week doctors were crowding alongside by the scores, prodding with their stethoscopes, waving hastily scribbled prescription blanks, and bitterly berating each other as quacks, bunion choppers, herb cooks and barbers...
Genn has been holding bi-monthly meetings with his executive board to lay plans for the projected social event. "We're trying to get other organizations to schedule events for April 22 and 24 to make the three days a whale of a weekend," Genn said. An important crew race is slated for the afternoon...
Only the most fastidious of hosts were above it all. Asked whether horse was likely soon to replace whale meat or snoek in Britain, one Soho restaurateur replied: "Madame, we never serve these things. None of them can be tamed to the palate...