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Only one man need by expended. Concealing himself in the nearby W.C. on some pretext until the appropriate time, all he need do is rush one or two shells tot he trusty longbore, jerk the lanyard, and the destructive deed is done. None of your flimsy cloak-and-dagger time-bomb plots--not on your life. Thanks to the keen vision of our forefathers, Harvard is now in a good position to strike a strong counterblow in its Battle for Survival...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: If War Comes | 2/7/1951 | See Source »

...regain some of his lost lustre, Massios then went on the "clean and jerk" 300 pounds, while the assemblage beamed. Though master of ceremonies Bob Jones warned that George's form wasn't quite up to competitive standards, the crowd was happy: after all, a lift is a lift...

Author: By Hiller B. Zobel, | Title: THE SPORTING SCENE | 12/4/1950 | See Source »

...world lasts long enough for me to have a son who, during a future war, says, "Dad, I'm going to enlist; my country needs me," I'll tell him: "Don't be a jerk, son; patriotism is for fools. Wait for the draft...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 6, 1950 | 11/6/1950 | See Source »

Francis pulled in the slack in the rope as Forbes fell and lot out slack as Forbes hit the end to prevent a sudden jerk. Then Francis lowered him to a clump of bushes below. Humphreys stayed with Forbes during Francis' two hour scramble back to got help...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mountain Scaler Lies Unconscious After Sunday Fall | 10/18/1950 | See Source »

...just where your writer digs up this deluded data? The poor misguided jerk must either not have been around at all, or he went around once too often. We at Wilson High, Long Beach, pride ourselves on our high percentage of wheels, but we most certainly have no such idiosyncrasies as your article describes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 24, 1949 | 10/24/1949 | See Source »

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