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American People, The → Global Index  → Works Index
Botkin, B(enjamin) A(lbert) (ed.). The American People. Stories, Legends, Tales, Traditions, and Songs. London: Pilot, 1997 [1946].
→ 7.19-7.20  [51]
→ Speech by General Buncombe  [123]
→ Fink's Brag  [50]
[51]: from American Ballads and Folks Songs. Ed. John A. Lomax and Alan Lomax. New York: Macmillan, 1934: 382-383.
I'm wild and woolly
[a]And fulla of fleas;,
[a]Ain't never been curried
[b]Below the knees.
I'm a wild she wolf
From Bitter Creek,
And it's my time
To h-o-w-l, whoop-i-e-e-ee.
Botkin includes this under the heading 'Other Cowboy Boasting Chants' in his chapter on 'Pseudo Bad Men' in the first part 'Heroes and Boasters'.
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Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) (1946-1974) → Global Index  → Groups Index
Established as an independent Agency by the Atomic Energy Act of 1946, the AEC was meant 1) to control the development and production of nuclear weapons; 2) to direct research and development of civilian uses of atomic energy; and, from 1954 onwards, 3) to regulate privately owned nuclear fuels and production facilities. Abolished by the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, succeeded by the Energy Research and Development Administration (responsible for research, development, and production) and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (licensing and regulation). (cf. Records of the Atomic Energy Commission)
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