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...simply by prayer. A young Lubavitch missionary, in the midst of a ten-minute interview with the busy Greene, suddenly looked out the window at the setting sun, realized that it was time for prayer, and, asking Greene's pardon, abruptly stopped the conversation. Putting on a gartel (a cord round the waist that symbolizes the biblical "girding of the loins"), he turned to the window to pray. Greene was so impressed that he invited the young man back for further conversations and gradually became a fully observant Lubavitcher...
...fearful event, the knuckle hop, by hopping 40 ft. on his toes and knuckles. Other such tests of mettle include the finger pull (two combatants locking middle fingers and pulling until one hollers uncle) and the ear pull, in which the toughest ears in the Arctic are wound with cord and pitted against each other...
...thought I'd experienced all the sports injuries you could have, but I've never felt anything like this." Bok said moments later. "The heel cord is usually hard but this feels like a soft jelly mass...
...also insisted that they give him the number from which they were calling. When Perry Lieber, Hughes' publicity man at RKO, got such a call at Hedda Hopper's house, he did not feel like hunting up a public phone. He waited, took a long extension cord and called Hughes from Hedda's closet, feeling that this was private enough. But Hughes insisted on knowing the number-and recognized it as Hedda's private listing. The chastised Lieber then went out and found a phone booth...
...homunculi, however awesomely mechanized, remain in the infantile category. In a Minute Thumbelina, seated in a high chair, bangs its cup on the tray and demands to be fed. When Baby Tweak's tummy is squeezed, it coos, and when Drowsy's pullout cord is yanked, it whines things like "Mommy, I want another drink of water" or "Mommy, I want to stay up." Slightly more sophisticated but equally maddening to adults is Timey Tell, which has twelve different messages matched to the hour of the day. Set its wristwatch at 12 and pull its cord...