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...story of the original Reuben James. They said he was born in Delaware in the big year, 1776. He went to sea just like anybody and got to be a bosun's mate. In the fighting against the pirates of Tripoli in 1804, he did his big deed. There was a fierce hand-to-hand fight one day. James's boss, Captain Stephen Decatur, was knocked down by a Tripolitan. Another pirate lifted his scimitar to kill the Captain. James dived and took the blow on the back of the head. Captain Decatur said if he would only...
...deed that won him the D.S.O. climaxed the Legion's part in this year's Syrian campaign. Word came to Palmyra that an advancing Vichy motorized column had a good chance of capturing British headquarters there. "Glubb's Girls" were sent to head the Vichy column off. Major Glubb took a look at the column, realized he was hopelessly outnumbered. Leaving six armored cars to hold the attention of the Vichy unit, he skirted for a flank attack. Instead of sitting in defense, the Legion's armored cars attacked almost before Glubb came...
...eating hall and meeting place in the basement, where the draft board now sits. The University was satisfied; the commuters were content with the best they thought they could get; but work around PBH came to a standstill. Commuters were everywhere and the social service work specified by the deed of trust under which the House was given slowed down to low gear and threatened to stop altogether, during the very post-depression years when it was most needed...
...Gino's murder of his mother was a safety valve, an act to preserve his sanity. If he had not killed his mother, he would have gone mad. Said the doctor: "Gino acted like a man who cuts off his arm to escape blood poisoning. By the cruel deed, he eradicated his own mother-complex." Such a violent act to release a neurosis Dr. Wertham calls "catathymic crisis." It accounts, says he, for many murders committed by otherwise sane persons. After the temporary aberration they may have a good chance of returning to sanity again...
...however, expect people to read between the lines of your statement, and catching the words: "gave him orders large and new, fit for the deed he had to do," supply the balance of Humpty Dumpty's poem...