Spooner Birthday Echoes Through Language Folklore
The article marks the 150th birth anniversary of Rev. William Archibald Spooner, creator of spoonerisms. It notes metathephilogist as a coined term for lovers of spoonerisms and praises Spooner’s wit, misfires, and gentle humor, citing examples and biographical details from his Oxford tenure and wartime quips.
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Beals Earns Purple Heart and Pulitzer Photo Spotlight
The record recalls Jim Beals, a 45 year old truck driver wounded in 1968, as part of Marines who seized an American tank to evacuate wounded during the Tet offensive. John Olson’s Life magazine spread highlighted Beals’s act with a photograph of him holding an IV bottle over a wounded comrade, earning a Pulitzer Prize.
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Altman Resists Resignation Amid Treasury Turmoil
The No 2 at the Treasury department, Altman, faces broad calls for resignation. Administration officials privately discuss his departure timing and possible successors while Republicans accuse him of leaking Whitewater information. Altman, vacationing in Wyoming, was due back in Washington but faces intensified pressure from Congress and White House aides.
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Current Quotations By The Associated Press
Quote from Senator Bob Packwood criticizing President Clinton’s push for a crime bill. The item reflects the political clash over federal crime legislation and quotes the senator’s provocative line.
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