Word: bucketing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...even when (and if) the eight musk oxen grow to maturity in Vermont, a few problems will remain to be settled. Nobody milks musk oxen, since the beast regards any man, with or without a bucket in his hand, as a mortal enemy. So far, milk has been obtained from them by the simple process of shooting the cow before milking -a practice probably too expensive in the long run for thrifty New England. Nobody clips them, either, but fortunately the animal sheds some of his hair in the spring, and anyone patient enough to follow him around and pick...
Asked if he knew Mrs. Mensinger, he said, "She was a nice kid. She threw a bucket of water over me once, but I wasn't really...
...funds to build and endow an artificial surface, even without a roof. The refrigerating machinery, the foundation and actual structure, and the upkeep costs add up to more than the already-extended University treasury can take. The saving from the Arena rent would be only a drop in the bucket towards the project...
...foot seven-inch Dave Atkinson led the victor's attack with 11 points, mostly bucket shots. Captain John Horty of the Harvard squad was close behind with nine. Burt Monash paced the Yalies with 12 points...
...veterans was a chief boatswain's mate, with 15 years' experience. When Gallery asked him what he thought of the crew-80% of whom had never seen salt water before -the chief said: "Cap'n, I'd swap 'em all for a bucket of oily rags." But the kids (average age 21) learned fast. Gently but firmly, Gallery instilled in them a sense of duty, and of discipline. He taught them that every sailor carries the responsibility for other men's lives-even the captain of the head (who cleaned the toilets...