Word: midways
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...goony bird . . . "serves no useful purpose . . ." Isn't Dr. Philip DuMont of the Fish & Wildlife Service, thanks to this bird, getting a trip to Midway and a respite from the odd but not so charming goons of Washington...
Fortunate, indeed, that Dr. DuMont will not resort to "simple slaughter" in his warfare on the Midway Island goony bird. For the weary and depth-charge-happy submariner of World War II, this monstrosity produced desperately needed mental therapy, belly laughs and sheer astonishment as they ambled through their repertoire of screwball antics...
Although he suffered a broken nose midway through the Princeton game, Meigs made it one of his best games this year. Cochran recovered a fumble in the end zone for the first Crimson touchdown, and Gianelly set up the second after taking a lateral from tailback Sam Eyock...
...Midway in the second period, with the game still scoreless, Hodnett had a clear shot from the left, exactly in the spot from which he has scored consistently this season. This time, he slipped, however, and his left-footed kick went wide and wobbly, carrying the Crimson's best scoring opportunity with...
...dazed administration, a succession of Old Guard Republicans had moved, like a procession of pelicans, into the governor's chair, led by Arthur James, whose conservatism extended to his high-button shoes. In 1946 it came the turn of James Duff, a bristle-thatched bird of another feather. Midway in his term, Duff led a coup d'état against Boss Joe Grundy and his Pennsylvania Manufacturers' Association. In 1950, what was left of Pennsylvania's Republican power was picked up by a group of county leaders called the Blue Bell Boys (because they held strategy...