Word: baled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...reconciliation between his story and the Associated Press version. Wicker shot back: "My story's right and anyway, I just left the A.P. It's down in the bar, drunk." He inks an indelible portrait of Lyndon Johnson, who liked to hang the Presidential Seal on a bale of hay at his Texas ranch, hold a brief press conference and ride off on his horse. The columnist also remembers an intense young man who showed up in his Washington office with fantastic tales of U.S. duplicity. Wicker sent him away for lack of proof; three years later...
...from his longtime dependence on Moscow as the Soviets move even closer to his archenemies, the Ethiopians. Heavy fighting has broken out between the two countries. The Western Somali Liberation Front, which is supported by Barre, claims to have killed at least 1,000 Ethiopians in savage battles in Bale province. The Somalis say that they have shot down three Ethiopian jets and a transport plane carrying Ethiopian paratroopers over Somali territory. The Ethiopians, who claim that the Somali insurgents are really part of Barre's army, claim to have killed 300 Somalis and knocked out 17 of their...
...dozens of jockeys. Says Steve: "I give my father credit for everything I have learned. The basic things came from him: how to get a good seat and hands, pace, how to switch the stick in one stride." While dismounted, he practiced his whip technique by flailing a bale...
...Bale's Gyro-Wheel act is not his only scary turn. At another point in the show, he dives headfirst off a swinging trapeze bar and then catches himself, at the last moment, by his heels. That stunt gives even Bale bad dreams. "The heel is the last point of your body," he says. "You can't catch yourself if you fall. Sometimes I wake up at night dreaming I have just missed the bar." On these occasions, adds Jeanette, "he almost knocks me out of bed, grabbing at things...
...Bale, 30, is a fourth-generation circus performer: his great-grandfather was a juggler, grandpa had a bicycle act, and Dad Trevor Bale is an animal trainer. These comparatively tame pursuits never interested Elvin. Even as a child, says his father, "he was always hanging off things." He was-and is-also always dreaming up new things to hang from: the Gyro-Wheel was inspired by a double Ferris wheel he saw in a carnival and the cage toy his son has for his pet hamster. As for his safety, Bale eschews nets but never forgets a cardinal rule...