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...body. A 19th century French traveler described an excruciating method in India during the rule of the rajahs: "The culprit, bound hand and foot, is fastened by a long cord, passed round his waist, to the elephant's hind leg. The latter is urged into a rapid trot through the streets of the city, and every step gives the cord a violent jerk, which makes the body of the condemned wretch bound on the pavement . . . Then his head is placed upon a stone, and the elephant executioner crushes it beneath his enormous foot...
Happily for Massachusetts, Gov. Edward J. King recently signed several new laws that will boost the punishment facing drunk drivers. But that means the system has gone into a trot instead of the full gallop needed to catch up with the drunk driving problem...
...their struggling economies by providing jobs. Many point to U.S. grain sales to the Soviet Union as a parallel "marriage of convenience," they're justifiably angered at Reagan's hypocrisy in supporting a deal that he could just as easily have subjected to the boycott, and even having to trot out such arguments is odious to many who feel Reagan is meddling in an issue which only tangentially affects the United States...
...late afternoon, and two blacks are tidying up the St. Georges Park Tea Room, a modest luncheonette. The elder and brighter, Sam (Zakes Mokae), putters about while Willie (Danny Glover), a simpler soul, mops the floor. The two interrupt their labors from time to time to polish up fox-trot and waltz steps for a much anticipated dance contest...
Steinhauser then touched freshman Jeff Musselman for a three-RBI trot around the bases in the fifth, and the Tigers took a 7-4 lead. But like the nightcap the previous day, the Crimson battled back, evening the score with three runs in the bottom of the inning before calling on fireman Mike Smerczynski to hold Princeton...