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...quacking. On Nov. 27, 1944 the vigilant Freiburg drake began cackling and would not stop. Freiburgers dived for their cellars although no warning had been given, and they got there just in time. A surprise Allied attack laid the city (pop. 109,822) in ruins. The drake's carcass was found beside a bomb crater...
...packer who buys it weighing 1,100 Ibs. the steer represents only 660 Ibs. of salable meat. Once, such byproducts as the hide, tallow, blood, offal and stomach were very profitable. But today their prices are down and the packer must figure on making more money on the carcass, for which he can currently get about $275. Whether he will make any profit at all, after expenses, often depends on whether the meat is graded "prime," "choice" or only "good" by Government graders. He does not know the grading for sure until after he has bought the meat...
...House of Unions, once a nobleman's club, 2,000 party members heard Nikolai Mikhailov, Moscow district party leader, read out the communiques of the Plenum and the Presidium. One of Communism's great wolves had fallen, and the lesser wolves were tearing at his carcass. Reported Tass: "Speakers at the meeting spoke in wrathful indignation of the foul enemy of the party and the Soviet people-the international imperialist agent Beria," and the audience cheered...
Today visitors can hunt down such varied exhibits as the stuffed carcass of "Winchester" (once called Rienzi), General Phil Sheridan's horse; the bones of "Swanky Dan," a prize bull; Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis, a collection of dresses worn by former First Ladies; a collection of fleas from G.I.s in Korea. Last year, if there had been room, the Smithsonian staff could have displayed 607,354 new acquisitions, including a couple of Japanese eels, an adjustable, double-ended wrench (circa 1856), 18 boxes of bricks from the White House renovation, one astral lamp (complete with glass...
Moments later, four hunters drove up, jumped out and opened fire from the road. The fusillade ripped through the already dead deer. But just to make sure, the hunters rushed over and cut its throat. They ran when the rancher approached. Again the rancher propped up the carcass. Two more hunters approached, shot the dead deer and made off with the riddled remains before the rancher could get close enough to stop them...