Word: himselfe
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Thigh Noon. In Clinton, S.C., when Joe Spillers and Edgar Ballew tried to see who could beat the other to the draw, neither man got his pistol out of its holster, each shot himself in the leg.
It had been rubbers ever since he had been old enough to go outside on his own two feet. Vag wandered about his room, gathering together enough belongings to be properly dressed. Last of all, he searched out his rubbers and plunked himself into a chair.
"They are looking for other work. It is very hard right now," somewhat unwillingly one of the trade union workers, a fellow about 32, forces himself to say. He lowers his gaze and nervously fingers his cigarette.
"And what is better about you, 'the silent ones?'" the psychology professor suddenly spoke out, addressing himself to the students. "When I was young I dreamed of earning a million, saving the world, writing the famous novel. And what are the dreams of the American student of today? They don...
"What do you mean 'but?'" Jack Bowles continued the attack. "Maybe you are going to say that this happens only in the southern and "border" states? Or that this is only true of Negroes? Just remember what happened to the Korean-American, Sammy Lee. This athlete twice won gold medals...