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...Postmaster General), plunked down on a delicate antique chair-and crashed to the floor. "It's a good thing that wasn't the President," said House Speaker John McCormack. A few minutes later Kennedy entered and seated himself. He, too, wound up in a pile of priceless splinters...
...appointment since Harry Sr.'s resignation in November, probably attracted some sympathy votes, since his father's illness was announced only a week before the election. Nonetheless, Byrd won with a plurality of less than 2% , a startling contrast to the massive margins Old Harry used to pile up -when he faced any opposition...
...bounced and jiggled upstairs and down, through houses and haylofts, while Richard, decked out in scruffy beard and scruffier clothes, followed in hot pursuit. At length he caught up with her in a pile of wheat, whereupon the two engaged in some biting and cussing and all-round good fellowship...
...years ago, women in the area reported a series of insensate attacks. A mother driving her car was halted by a pile of logs, after which a hidden rifleman opened fire, shattering her infant son's nursing bottle. One night, as his wife prepared for bed, another resident surprised a Peeping Tom, who blasted the husband's left leg off. On another occasion a masked intruder shot a woman in the hand, carried her into the woods and tried to rape her-but was impotent and broke into tears. Police questioned Bicycle Bill but could get no evidence...
...when his muse gets too flushed to continue. Now he's the proud landlord of a new $210,000 U.S. Post Office building in Sacramento, Calif., a fairly common circumstance these days, with the Post Office Department leasing many of its stations. The investment will enrich his royalty pile by $15,000 a year. Cracked Assistant Postmaster Gene Gibham, "If something goes wrong with the plumbing, we'll call him. He'll have the agony, and we'll have the ecstasy...