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...Clap goes the thunder, zing says the lightning, down come the rains, out goes the dam, wham goes an earthquake. Temples crash. A wall of water whirls the hero away. Fissures swallow tons of peasants, and the earth munches on them the way a cow chews oats. Lana, meanwhile, is hammering picturesquely on death's door as she battles a tropical fever, and as soon as she can walk she staggers, understandably enough, toward the nearest exit. She is apt to find it crowded...
...Clap of Sound. As soon as he made his decision, he blew off the canopy-and an enormous sound, like the clap of a big gun, struck into the cockpit. It may have been this sound that has frozen many a pilot who has jettisoned his canopy and then ridden down to death. Perhaps it was a shock wave; no one is sure. But it frightened Pilot Smith as he had never been frightened. Terrified, he crouched forward (the wrong position for ejection). He does not even remember pressing the trigger that shot him out of the aircraft. The last...
...Russians sat stock still. Foreign Minister Pinay muttered audibly: "Il les a eus" (He got them). As Ike paused"for the translation of his remarks, there was a clap of thunder and the lights went out. "I didn't mean to turn the lights out," said Ike with a laugh. The translators droned on in the gloom...
...normal crowd would have cheered the teams, for the game was well played, but instead, when it became evident that the Globetrotters would have to fight to stay in the game rather than clown around as they do when they are ahead, the crowd began to hiss, clap hands rhythmically and in general show their disapproval of the game...
Mahendra put aside his plaid sport jacket and made a predawn pilgrimage to the golden-roofed temple of the Lord Pashupatinath to pray to Shiva for guidance while a river of milk flowed over his feet. In the midst of the prayer, a great clap of thunder shattered the silence of Katmandu. Mahendra took it as an omen and promptly fired Nepal's Prime Minister. A democratically-minded young man, Mahendra was outraged by Nepalese politics. "Some people excuse themselves by saying Nepalese democracy is still only in its infancy, but this seems a strange excuse to me," said...