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And sooner or later, though he claims there is no connection between the two interests, Hoadley gets to talking about fishing--honest-to-goodness fly fishing, "as a sporting proposition and not a laboratory experiment." But even here, he is always the scientific naturalist. He would never be found telling...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Faculty Profile | 10/10/1941 | See Source »

The Captain announced to the boys of the Ambulance Corps who were on board ship that evening in 1917 that there would be little point in having boat drills during that voyage across the Channel. "This ship is cradling eight-five thousand gallons of gasoline in her hold," he explained...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Faculty Profile | 10/10/1941 | See Source »

Detached and observant, he would prefer to spend all out-of-lab days at his farm in Chocorua, New Hampshire, with his wife, six year old son, five year old daughter, and fishing pole, than at any amusement which the city can offer. There he can putter around in his...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Faculty Profile | 10/10/1941 | See Source »

His favorite relaxation is hunting and fishing trips to Alaska and Canada, where Indian guides call him Captain Ogontz (Ojibway for wall-eyed pike). So far, motherly Mrs. Wood has blocked the General's every attempt to smuggle into his study a stuffed trophy of the chase. Other hobbies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR & PEACE: Follow What Leader? | 10/6/1941 | See Source »

"Oh, stop fishing for compliments, you crazy dope." Saying this, she laughed, mussed up his hair, ran up the steps, and disappeared behind the forbidden doors of Briggs Hall.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE VAGABOND | 10/3/1941 | See Source »

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