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...have to shovel out the snow). During this romance, only a bad-mannered gnome or mullet would try to hook a snake (ask for a date with the snow king's queen). But should some crude dormitory barbarian crack this campus canon, the dethroned king has been shafted or jabbed, barbed by the purple shaft or the maroon harpoon. In despair he feels clanked or clutched. He has a similar feeling if a girl merely keeps him in the club (dates many boys and favors none), though it is only fair to add that such girls often...
...miner in California, Edward Doheny, sniffed oil when he spotted an ice wagon loaded with tar jolting along a Los Angeles street before the century's turn; he rustled up another prospecting pal, Charles Canfield, and with pick and shovel they dug a 4-ft. by 6-ft. shaft 165 ft. down into the nearby tar pits, struck a field that was to flow more than 70 million bbl., lead to the discovery of another 6 billion bbl. in the San Joaquin valley and the production of hundreds of millions for Canfield and Doheny...
Bright spots of sunshine outline the ports on the cabin wall and floor. But outside of these spots of light, there is darkness in the cabin. If he moves his hand away from this shaft of light, it becomes invisible in the darkness. There is a sharp demarcation between light and darkness in space. Peering down through the earth's milky cloud veil, he will recognize continents and oceans, even make out objects one-sixth of a mile long or wide [e.g., the Pentagon...
...Republic sat in dutiful silence at the foot of his dais, De Gaulle announced that he himself would speak for France at the prospective summit meeting-though, naturally, "with Premier Michel Debré at my side." With the disdain of a prince for a parvenu, he shot a derisive shaft at Khrushchev, "whom I met not so very long ago in Moscow in Stalin's entourage and who has come some distance since...
...growing Negro who in February jumped higher (7 ft. 1¼ in.) than any other man in recorded athletic history, slammed shut the latticework gate on an upward-bound elevator. When it rose, Thomas' size 12 left foot was jammed between the car and the shaft walls. Result: severe lacerations and bruises. After surgery, doctors predicted that High Jumper Thomas would be off the sawdust for six to twelve weeks...