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...took a long drag on his beer and glowered at the two idiots capering in the middle of the floor. They had been capering for nearly two hours now, and Vag wished they would go to bed. But the idiots went right on with their rhapsodic swaying...
...horses killed in the incident. Getting down off the knoll when they were ordered to retire, they almost lost their captain. Shrapnel killed Captain Truman's horse, which rolled over, pinning him underneath. Lieutenant Victor Housholder lifted up enough of the dead horse so that the boys could drag out their breathless captain...
...village mass meetings, those known to be deeply religious were commanded to read aloud fiery denunciations of the cardinal. If they refused, police were waiting to drag them away. Workers were threatened with instant dismissal for failure to sign anti-Mindszenty petitions. In Budapest, the Reds pressed six-year-old children into service, handed them placards which read: "Down with Mindszenty! Down with the black reactionary...
...earth. The basic unit of time is a day: one revolution of the earth. But recently the battered old earth has fallen into disrepute as a timekeeper. It is not accurate enough for the needs of modern science. Its spin is gradually slowing down-because of the drag of the tides. It also varies slightly, from day to day, for reasons that science does not understand...
...escape alive from the fastest planes, the pilot will need some sort of detachable "capsule." One possibility is a streamlined cylinder built into the belly of the plane. The pilot in distress would crawl into it and pull a handle. A parachute would then open and drag the cylinder out of the rear of the plane. A more elaborate device (kinder to the pilot) is a detachable cockpit that can be blown free of the plane by a set of explosive bolts...