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Although no fist rate is offered, under this plan the average person can procure a private pilot's license for approximately $125. This entitles him to fly any type of airplane, but due to the recent law passed by the Massachusetts Legislature, he cannot give instruction to anyone nor can he fly for hire. This price again is about half the usual cost...
Poreda, wobbling badly, was floored again just before the bell but had sense enough to box his way through the third round. In the fourth Schaaf's huge right fist, hard and heavy as a stone, dropped him again. By the time the fifth round was over, the Pole was clearly ready for a knockout. Ready to supply it, Schaaf rushed out of his corner in the sixth, battered Poreda's head with left hooks, then landed one more smashing right. This time Poreda stayed down for nine full seconds. When he lurched up, still stubborn enough...
...looks as though he were made out of varnished ebony matchsticks, was defending his championship against Fidel La Barba, flyweight champion who defaulted his title five years ago to complete his education at Stanford. It was the 12th round and La Barba - who had been steadily pounding his left fist against Chocolate's ribs and getting his own head steadily thumped while doing so - had finally found the opening he wanted. He brought his left fist up, hard, against the point of Chocolate's jaw. Chocolate teetered, rolled his wild white eyes, shook his kinky head. He managed...
...away, out and away," the Vagabond crooned to himself as he crashed his fist through the glass of the front door to see whether it was really closed or just seemed to be. He smiled in impersonal fashion at his hand which dangled on the other side of the door, through which it had just passed. He didn't see how he was going to get the rest of him through the hole he had made with his fist...
...Great! Great!" Grinning broadly, he shot out his fist like a prizefighter. "I had flu and fever with it. I think I caught my cold on my New England trip. We went through plenty of rain...