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...birth of a perfect colt. A second marriage of his own turns to ashes when he discovers that his wife is his neighbor's castoff doxy. Lonely and alone, he rides Chief, the young stallion, deeper into his estate where he discovers a pantherish moonshiner named Aaron McCool who echoes the sentiments that Duncan feels: "They got a law for everything now-hunting, fishing, planting crops. Spew them out like buckshot. A man's got to learn how to duck, nowadays, and roll hisself in a ball and sull up like a possum...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: South in Ferment | 2/25/1957 | See Source »

Lost Eden. McCool becomes a kind of Iago subverting Duncan's better judgment. When Chief is killed by the neighbor who had enjoyed Duncan's wife, it is McCool who offers to lure the man within Duncan's shooting range. After that, the book moves to its bloody close with the implacable fury of a hill-country feud...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: South in Ferment | 2/25/1957 | See Source »

Taking a third period pass, Montreal's swarthy Rocket powered his 175 Ibs. in on Goalie McCool of the Toronto Maple Leafs, let fly a shot that rang up his 45th goal of the season. For six minutes 13,961 Montreal hockey bugs whistled, applauded, cluttered the ice with paper. Richard's shot snapped a 27-year-old record, and he still had eight games to go. (Those eight games might bring the league-leading Canadiens-won 33, tied 4, lost 5-a record, too; they need six victories to beat their own 1943-44 mark...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Hocky Rocket | 3/5/1945 | See Source »

...Harding, Burns, l.e. r.e., Alserini, CavalleriFaxon, Upton, Barrett, l.t. r.t., Himmelberg, Gannon, ClarkNewhart, Trainer, Ginman, l.g. r.g., Gannon, Weiss, BaironusRichards, Gildea, B. Ticknor, Cunningham, c. c., Farrell, Bergin, BrosnanMyerson, Talbot, Newhart, r.g. l.g., Pyne, BlaumKuehn, W. Ticknor, Davis, r.t. l.t., Sweeney, FitzgeraldBurns, O'Connell, Ogden, Moushegian, r.e. l.e., Kucharski, McCool, ColucciWetmore, Wood, q.b. q.b., Finn, KlarmanGilligan, Mays, Putnam, l.h.b. r.h.b., Fraser, Garrity, O'ConnellBatchelder, Devens, r.h.b. l.h.b., Manfreda, Baker, DaughertyPotter, Mason, White, Gilligan, f.b. f.b., Clancy, Griffi

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SUPERIOR POWER DOWNS CRUSADERS IN DRAB CONTEST | 11/18/1929 | See Source »

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