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...fielders wears gloves except the wicket keeper (catcher), whose gloves resemble a hockey player's gloves, with less padding. Batsmen wear leg pads something like a hockey goalie's, and thumb and finger guards. When cricket immortals like the late, great, bearded William Gilbert ("W.G.") Grace smote the ball, it practically tore a fielder's hand...
...together a fascinating booklet on the subject (Water-supply Paper 416; 15?) which told the history of the dowsers, beginning with Moses, who lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly (Numbers 20: 11). Few modern dowsers hoped to equal Moses, but some of them offered prizes, such as oilfields or mineral deposits, which Moses and his nomads never coveted...
Little Ben yelled his indignation. Ushers rushed to silence him. Tante Chasha smote them hip & thigh with her umbrella. "He's a bright boy," she roared, "and he's got a right to complain. . . ." "Mrs. Swernofsky," begged the manager, "I am really surprised. ... I must ask you to apologize." Tante Chasha shattered the remains of her umbrella on the manager's head. Then she whisked little Ben away. "Remember what I tell you," she said. "That's the right way to apologize...
...stepped-up air offensive went on. R.A.F. bombers "in great strength" smote the aircraft engine center at Stuttgart. Next day U.S.A.A.F. bombers were up again with another force of almost...
...Rapido River valley on the wider front near Cassino the Allies forced their way foot by foot across the icy stream. Combat engineers rushed in to build bridges and clear mines out of roads while German shells slammed blindly through their protecting smoke screen. Planes and barrages smote the Monte Cassino Abbey positions, but when infantrymen tried to press forward the Germans were still dug in on the mountain and pouring back murderous patterns of machine-gun fire. As at Anzio, the best the Allies could claim was stalemate...