Word: hand
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...Each delegation drew up one socalled original, in which its country was named first at each mention, and one so-called alternat, in which the other country was named first. In this way, neither side establishes even the most symbolic sort of primacy in either language. The documents were hand delivered to Vienna by the chief negotiators, Robert Earle of the U.S. and Victor Karpov of the U.S.S.R...
Manhood. In the stark grandeur of Monument Valley an unhorsed outlaw hails a Stagecoach with a confident twirl of the Winchester he holds in his hand. The vehicle that carries the Ringo Kid to high adventure also carries the actor who played him on the first leg of a journey to immortality...
Apotheosis. "I mean to kill you or see you hanged," the grizzled old marshal tells the four outlaws he confronts at the edge of the autumn woods. "Bold talk for a one-eyed fat man," their leader sneers. "Fill your hand, you sonuvabitch," the old lawman cries, clamping the reins of his horse between his teeth and filling his own hands with six-gun and repeater. In a moment the bad guys are dead, and just as the old man faced them down in True Grit, so did the actor face down the last of his doubters, at once affectionately...
...valedictory for its star, but in it the screenwriters produced some lines that came easily to Wayne. To the boy he is teaching how to handle a gun, he says, "I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to others, and I require the same of them." That stands up as well as an epitaph for a good, cranky and singular man, but he himself would not have chosen it. John Wayne preferred an old, simple Mexican saying: "Feo, fuerte...
With the notable exception of Brock, the Cards are largely a young and inexperienced team, and Manager Ken Boyer worries about what will happen when the pennant race tightens in September. Boyer is counting on Brock's steadying hand. "He can motivate a team," says the manager. "He thrives on pressure." Brock frankly declares: "Someone has to light the spark. I've been it. I possess the unique ability...