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Well, You See, Judge ... In Vancouver, B.C., Robert Merkle was sentenced to a year in jail for breaking into a cafe, despite his contention that he I) stumbled against the window, smashing two panes; 2.) entered "to leave my name and address"; 3) "was looking in the till for a pencil" when caught. In Chicago, John Moore, charged with trying to filch a policeman's wallet, explained: "I was sleepy, and my hand just kept moving toward his pocket...
...perfectly clear danger, even back in the summer of 1948 when the eleven were indicted. Said Judge Hand, with a horrified backward look at such contemporary incidents as the Berlin blockade: "We do not understand how one could ask for a more probable danger, unless we must wait till the actual eve of hostilities...
...Breed, by Combat Correspondent George McMillan, appears the apochryphal but illuminating story of what happened when the first marine reported for duty in 1775. "What, the hell is a marine?" barked the bewildered officer of the deck. "You go aft and sit down till I find out." A few minutes later the second marine-recruit reported aboard and was also sent aft. From the lofty eminence of his seniority, the first man scornfully contemplated the newcomer and snarled: "Listen, boy, you shoulda been in the old Corps...
...Love her till the sea runs...
...blasted from a Long Island cradle, set course for Europa, waited till we were about six hours away from Earth's gravitational field, then cut over to Biggs's velocity intensifier, using which we could look forward to setting foot on Europa within two days at the most...