Date:    Sat, 25 Apr 1998 14:02:11 -0400
<br>From:    "Bernard W. Kane" <bkane[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]TIGGER.JVNC.NET>
<br>Subject: Navy expression
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<br>Can ADSers who are fmr Navy help with question of naval usage? TIME April
<br>13 p. 62 col. 1 prints this:
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<br>"'It's O.K. We knew this was going to happen,' he said calmly. 'Remember,
<br>steady strain. You gotta keep a steady strain.' McCain, a former Navy
<br>pilot, made the phrase a mantra during his 5 1/2 years as a POW in Hanoi."
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<br>Is this accurate? I seem to recall hearing "take an even strain" but then I
<br>was in the wrong branch of service, with no rope-handling experience at
<br>all. Went flipping through Wouk's "Caine Mutiny" but haven't found it yet.
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<br>Bernie Kane
<br>ex-Army dogface '42-'45
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