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...this point, as the comedy bogs down along with the escape plans, the Germans move in and transfer the group to a sadistic stalag, where Frigg has a real chance to strut his stuff. This leads, of course, to a bit of bang-bang, followed by a spot of kiss-kiss, and then it's time to wake...
Actually, the force is more a political weapon than a strategic one. Whatever its limitations, it apparently gives De Gaulle the confidence he needs to strut on the world stage like the leader of a major power. It also obviates any reliance on the U.S., which he feels cannot be trusted to retaliate against the Soviet Union with nuclear weapons should the latter attack France. "We are worth more than that!" De Gaulle said a few years ago about what was, for him, a degrading dependence upon the U.S. The force furthers France's prestige, makes other countries more...
...administered through a blowpipe. The tripster puts one end of the pipe to his nostril, and a helper gives a full-lunged blast that sends the snuff deep into the nasal passages. At first reeling and retching from the impact, the snuff taker soon straightens up, begins to strut, emits an occasional laugh or yell, and slaps his thighs in selfesteem. Evidently, the Waika on epena experiences what the psychiatrists call macropsia: in his eyes everything is enormously magnified, including himself. He sees gigantic animals and birds. He feels not 10 ft. but 10,000 ft. tall, for his head...
...Democratic candidate for the West Virginia House of Delegates. Jay was so proud of the new center that he got his father, John D. Rockefeller HI, to fly down from New York for the dedication party, when the whole town turned out to hear the two marching bands and strut in the cakewalk contest...
...part of a liberal education? But of course, teachers in the sciences do not have to feign frenzy to stir up interest; science is interesting for its own sake. It seems clear that large segments of the humanities can be made interesting to undergraduates only if actors, not scholars, strut on the platform in front of students...