Word: mating
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...take this opportunity to put in a couple of plugs for John E. Green, the second mate, and Captain Cronin. They were the two most popular officers that I have ever seen on a ship. . . . An example of how Captain Cronin is capable of quelling trouble and solving problems without creating unnecessary ill feeling: One day a troublesome sailor, who hated the cook seemingly for no other reason than the cook was a Greek, swept into the captain's office and wanted to know how much it would cost to bust up the galley. Much to the troublemaker...
...Another client was ordered to put a birdcage over his head, sing Listen to the Mocking Bird. More terrifying was the experience of a gentleman who had to lie on a bed sheet in the middle of the studio stage and pretend to be a male seal wooing his mate. To add zest to his performance, a real seal was quietly placed beside him which barked happily down his neck. For thinking up such consequences, listeners are paid...
Captain Powers and Bus Curwen, prize Sophomore, will make a fine 220 team, and Curwen will probably double in the 440. Another Sophomore, Frank Gorman, stands a good chance of being his running mate in the quarter. Powers would thus be free to team with Lonnie Stowell in the 100 leaving Dave Stearns and a question mark...
...selective breeding strikes a snag when golden-haired Suzanna, chosen to mate with one of the elders who heavily depends on "signs" from on high, prefers instead the young inventor, who has no need of heavenly go signals...
Willkie ended his campaign on the same strenuous note he pitched it soon after he wrested the nomination from the Republican convention. He addressed the women of America, appeared on a broadcast with his running mate, Sen. Charles E. Mc Nary of Oregon, and at midnight conducted an "extraordinary" last word program...