Word: wondered
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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MERVIN LYSING finally brought out his wife who just got in from Minnesota and it's no wonder that he hasn't put in much time in Thayer N-68 of late ... He even played his room-mates the dirty trick of taking his radio over to the Lil Woman...
...Wonder. But Lumberman Cox was no babe in the woods. He was smart enough to listen to the manager he had hired: the onetime Boy Wonder, Stanley ("Bucky") Harris, who has learned plenty in the 19 years since he led the Washington Senators to a world championship...
...immortal Second Baseman Eddie Collins, who had been hired by Boss Yawkey to oversee his team of expensive prima donnas. Back with the Senators, after one season at Boston, Harris had to cope with aging Owner Clark Griffith, the Old Fox, who expected him still to be the Boy Wonder with Cuban semi-pros and Class-D bushers...
...repeating the old favorite worrier. What happens if we bilge now?" We think it's safe to say that our biggest regret would be the necessity of leaving the Supply Corps Midshipmen Officers School for some old commissioned line duty somewhere. (Gentlemen, a cryptic remark!) No wonder a Middle remarked to me the other day, quote. "Boy, we're glad you guys came before us guys, Sir", unquote...
Then they started talking, about the wonders of Cambridge, and the inevitable contrast with life at sea . . . "Two of us in a room that would hold thirty on a ship" . . . "The guys told me I'd have to eat goldfish" . . . "It's going to be tough taking math after seven years" . . . "I'm going to work like hell at the beginning to get on to this stuff" . . . "After just looking at this place I want to stick" . . . "Wonder if they'll give us credit towards a degree...