Word: second
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...England, in the brig Friendship, as a master's apprentice; he was thus in very much the same status as a midshipman, or more nearly a merchant marine cadet of today. Engaging in the West Indies and American colony trade, he served until 1764, when he became a second officer, the next year first officer of one of the Younger ships. Released from his indenture in 1766, he became, at slightly under 21 years of age, captain of the John. He retired from this command and came ashore in Virginia, where he caught up with the name of Jones...
...Second is the flatter A, or Hahvuhd, group, made up of Greater Boston boys of Irish-American stock. The third, a "namby-pamby"' Hehvehd group is composed of Middle Western youths who believe that this is the correct pronunciation before they ever come within earshot of the Memorial Hall bells...
...second feature "stars" the Dead Fnd Kids. They and Mickey Rooney have made audiences despair of American youth for a number of years new. Rooney redeemed himself in his last picture, "Babes in Arms." In "On Dress Parade" however, the Kids are even more gorge raising than usual...
Thereafter, they never exceeded minimum expectations, save in the dive, where Bill Irvinc and Hank Gossler garnered second and third places behind George Dana of the Crimson; and Max Karus third gave the Ulenmen their 38th and winning point in the breaststroke...
...Waldron's fine second in the breaststroke in addition to Kraus' third had clinched the meet so the stage was let for a renewal of the Powers-Gibbons classic struggle in the quarter. The race has almost an exact counterpart of their meeting last year as the two Juniors battled side by side for 400 yards. Again it was Gibbons, swimming his only event of the night, who had a couple of feet of extra drive enabling him to outreach Powers at the finish...