Word: tomahawked
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...myths behind America's vision of the West. The first is "The Myth of Love in the Woods," or the encounter of Red Woman and White Man as seen in the story of Pocahontas and Captain John Smith. Second is "The Myth of the White Woman with a Tomahawk," or the conflict between White Woman and Red Man, exemplified by the true story of Hannah Duston, a New England lady who in 1697 axed to death ten sleeping Indians who had the misfortune to capture her. Third is "The Myth of the Good Companions in the Wilderness," the friendship...
...threw the Johnny Carson Tonight show into an uproar in 1965. Ames, a deadeye natural athlete who can hit a bull's-eye from 20 paces with a bowie knife, went on the Carson program as a guest. According to the script, he was to fling a tomahawk at an eight-foot-high cardboard cutout of a cowboy; during rehearsal, he hit the target in the heart 19 times straight. On the air, old Mingo took aim, let fly and ripped the cutout right in the crotch. Carson, his crew and the audience broke into a hysterical orgy...
...course. Versatile body English is needed on the sharper curves, and in case of a spill the engine is equipped with a deadman throttle that shuts it off and keeps the doodlebug from roaring off empty down the hill. Snowmobile rallies will be held this month in Tuftonboro, N.H., Tomahawk, Wis., Forest Lake, Minn., Skowhegan, Me., and Boonville, N.Y., with prizes for slalom racing, hill climbing, speed runs and cross-country marathons...
...tomahawk would glint...
Beard runs less than Gottschall, but his companions in the Tomahawk backfield are almost on a par with their counterparts on the two-way unit. Halfback Paul Klungness has averaged 6.4 yards a carry for a total of 39 yards. Fullback Irv Burkholder has a 5.3 average...