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...Explain." Kennedy paused to shake hands with a dishwasher, turning slightly to his left as he did so. Before Bobby released the hand of Jesus Perez, the gunman managed to get across the room, prop his right elbow on the serving counter and, from behind two assistant maîtres d'hôtel, fire at his victim just four feet away. Kennedy fell. The hotel men, Karl Eucker and Eddy Minasian, grappled with the assassin, but could not reach his gun hand. Author George Plimpton and Kennedy Aide Jack Gallivan joined the wrestling match. The gun, waving wildly, kept pumping bullets...
...take one thing at a time. First off, I throw sidearm because I started out as an infielder. My dad, who was once a minor-league hurler (as you guys call us), wouldn't let me pitch; he was afraid I'd get "Little League elbow." Now about that headhunting: absolutely not. If I deliberately tried to hit batters, I could knock down nine out of ten, like any other good pitcher. As for Vaseline, I never owned a jar of it. That's greasy kid stuff...
EXERCISE: Put your right hoof in your right cuff, bend your elbow behind your ear, takes a snort and sneeze. The consequent sensation will parallel the pretzel-like contortion which most of us have sustained all year...
...Orleans who was charged with simple assault after he got into an argument with four white teenagers. Though two Negro witnesses testified that Duncan had merely touched one of the whites, the whites were unanimous in their contention that he had slapped one of the men on the elbow. Duncan asked for a jury trial, which the Louisiana constitution requires in cases that may involve capital punishment or imprisonment at hard labor. Since he faced a maximum of two years without hard labor and a $300 fine, Duncan did not get a jury. The judge found him guilty, sentenced...
...stimulant like Benzedrine nor a sedative like Nembutal. It is an anti-inflammatory analgesic, a painkiller developed in Europe and introduced 17 years ago to the U.S., where it is marketed under the trade name Butazolidin and prescribed for such human ailments as arthritis, phlebitis, bursitis and tennis elbow. Athletes use it often...