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Amidst a terrible silence on a Saturday night they fought a duel without rules, until both were badly injured. Clearly the value of a nickel was not at stake, but rather honor and pride. To these men, to fight was the expected and manly solution...

Author: By Archie C. Epps, | Title: Malcolm X: Courage and Violent Death | 3/3/1965 | See Source »

Gradually Malcolm became caught up in the rhetoric of black nationalism. He wanted to duel and white students obliged...

Author: By Archie C. Epps, | Title: Malcolm X: Courage and Violent Death | 3/3/1965 | See Source »

...program of political action. Most wanted to know about the doctrine of self-defense. Still others asked why he said, "chickens come home to roost" in reference to President Kennedy's assassination. He was a "dancing bear." The audience wanted him to perform--and the code forced him to duel...

Author: By Archie C. Epps, | Title: Malcolm X: Courage and Violent Death | 3/3/1965 | See Source »

...them are practically aphorisms of rugged individualism - but, beginning with her seductive "Got a match?" entrance, most of the real classics belong to Lauren Bacall. Watching jealously as Bogart carries off an unconscious woman, Lauren growls, "What are you trying to do - guess her weight?" After a prolonged "duel" in Bogart's hotel room, she is leaving for her own room across the hall. On the way out the door she tells him hoarsely, "If you want anything, just whistle. You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve. You just put your lips together and blow...

Author: By John Manners, | Title: A Viewer's Guide to Bogart: Four Classics, Huston's Joke | 1/21/1965 | See Source »

...line, he made another minor adjustment, moving Tackle Jim Kanicki over "about one inch"-until he was directly opposite Baltimore's All-Pro Guard Jim Parker, key man in Unitas's defense against the blitz. The idea was to force Parker into a head-to-head duel with Kanicki, thereby clearing the way for other Cleveland blitzers to harass Unitas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pro Football: A Day for Optimists | 1/8/1965 | See Source »

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