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...when he was a first lieutenant in the Regular Army, he wrecked a DH4 on a night take-off for a transcontinental flight from Jacksonville to San Diego-a major project then. Fellow officers found him hanging from a strut, weeping. Did the engine quit? No. Did the undercarriage wash out? No. Structural failure? No. Well, what happened? "Damn poor piloting," said Jimmy Doolittle...
...Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru once explained to his daughter: "[Sir Warren] Hastings started the policy of having puppet Indian princes under British control. So we have to thank him partly for the crowds of gilded and empty-headed maharajas and nawabs who strut about the Indian scene and make a nuisance of themselves...
...Syria, says Mannheim Kalaf, men take out a trained hajjel cock and stake it near a hunting blind. The bird will strut around challenging every hajjel within hearing distance. Soon a covey comes up, the leader ready for battle. Then the hunter blazes away at the covey with both barrels, picks up the dead birds and goes home. "They never wait to shoot again because the hajjel is smart-you can't fool him twice...
North Carolina. Ruddy, wealthy, fire-eating Cameron Morrison, onetime Governor, onetime U.S. Senator, once thought he was set in the Senate for life. Then in 1932 along came Bob Reynolds, who followed him around the State, rolled out a red carpet, imitated Morrison's strut, bellowed: "Why, you know, folks, Cam eats cavi-ah! That's fish eggs, brought all the way from Rooshia." Now Morrison aimed at a comeback as Congressman, had an eye on Reynolds' seat...
...should like to point out that most of this senior class will enter the armed forces after graduation. They deserve a send-off. Morever these last exercises means a lot to some of us, and to our friends and relatives, even if it is only a chance to strut and be the center of attention for a few hours. Such is harmless and trivial, but very necessary and dear to men. Sincerely, George J. Grindle...