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...subjecting an enemy to constant pressure, risking big initial casualties in violent assault rather than submitting to a long, wearing attrition. Second Lieut. Shepherd, U.S.M.C., went into action as a platoon leader with the 5th Marine Regiment at Belleau Wood, was hit in the neck by a machine-gun slug, fought on with his men for three days and was hit again before he finally went to the rear...
...absentmindedly pumped four shots into Pierre. Her small son Matthieu promptly burst into tears. She took him down to the concierge. Then she went upstairs, planning once again to kill herself. As she thought of Matthieu and another, elder son, her arm went limp and-bang-there went another slug into Pierre. The courtroom sighed in sympathy...
Wasn't he too close to Democrats? "A lot of my friends have worn the Democratic label. But to no one in any political place do I owe anything. I'm in just as good a position to slug as any free American." But he would not stoop to character assassination. "I don't believe in it. I will...
...dere? To Rienzi? Don't do dat, Sam, I'll talk. Just gimme a slug o' whiskey, tha's all. Just one slug...
...Flickinger and Rog Swanson each scored twice for the Deacons, with Dick Thomas starring in the goal. Dana Getchell and Slug Dolan both collected one apiece, while Bob Farnham scored Dunster's only counter on a long shot from past the blue line...