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...Weaver was an old driller who provided one of the industry's classic anecdotes. Some 40 years ago, his crew was about to start drilling in Mexico in a cow pasture, when one of the crew asked Weaver where to drill. Replied Weaver: "Watch the cows and drill where the first cow pie falls...
...student was tossed five times by a becerra (yearling cow). Another lost his pants when a horn severed his waistband; a third became so excited that he threw away his sword and tried to throw his becerra to the ground. The crowd got into the act; howling volunteers from the stands jumped into the ring, flinging capes on the sand. But after the wild melee, one old aficionado said: "This was a big day. It took an American to bring back Alcalá's enthusiasm...
High Noon. A topnotch western, with Gary Cooper as an embattled cow-town marshal facing four desperadoes single-handed (TIME, July...
...rumbling. Then the mushroom expanded into a free halo, growing with tornado-like speed and reaching nearly over our ship before it appeared to cease growing. Then it appeared to connect itself to the main column by a web of filmy vapor. Typical comment from the oldtimers: 'Holy cow. That sure makes the A-bomb a runt...
Oberjohann made his first capture when a cow elephant charged him in swamp water. She turned aside when his native boy screamed, and charged the boy instead. The boy ducked under water. So did Oberjohann, and the cow ran off. Her baby, left behind, accepted Oberjohann's rope, and off they went, on the double, toward dry land. Oberjohann, knowing that mother elephants do not desert their children, waited for trouble...