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...Said a docker on the Thames near Westminster Bridge (on which only two lights burned): "This is the proof of 20 years of rotten government. If the Conservatives had harnessed hydroelectric power 20 years ago, this would not have happened.* The Government can count on us dockers...
...Docker's Saturday Night. Some evenings Catalino likes to put on his suit, stop for a beer at the corner bodega, and then take a turn at the rumba at the neighborhood dance hall. More often lately he has hurried away to a union meeting. But, though Catalino is a good unionist, forking up 30? a day for dues and the benefit fund, and never failing to consult his delegate on all important matters, he is no Communist. He voted for Grau and the Autentico Party at the last elections, and he goes to church, though not quite...
...feature match of the day Docker Orr, the Crimson's number one man, defeated Dick Cooley of the Blue 3 to 2 in a closely-contested game. The Harvard ace, down two games to none, came from behind to defeat his rival...
When Winston Churchill, in company with U.S. Ambassador Winant, visited heavily bombed Swansea, a docker chided him for not carrying his gas mask. Churchill replied that it was in the car. "That's not the point, sir," said the man. "You should be carrying it." Churchill sent for the mask, slung it over his shoulder, said: "I shall carry it from...
Sonny Lyell '41, captain of the tennis team, won his set, as did left-handed Gene Nickerson '41 and Hal Baker '42. Number five man Docker Orr '43, however, dropped his match...