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...Britain, during the early months of blackout, the death rate from falls, collisions and other accidents was almost twice that of well-lit peacetime years. Still high, it would be far higher without the wan yellowish gleam of curbs, guide rails, doorways, signs and even pedestrians' lapels and trouser cuffs touched with luminescent pigments...
...Great was imprisoned by his father so that he would learn "the meaning of Prussianism." At cadet schools young Fedor showed by his unbreakable spirit that he already understood something of that meaning. By 1910 he had talked his way into the right to wear red stripes down his trouser legs-the badge of a general staffer. He had begun making speeches with the refrain: "Our profession should always be crowned by a heroic death for the Emperor and the Fatherland...
Seats. In Denver, Highway Police Supervisor Joseph Marsa, faced with the fact that the department had no money to repair the force's thinning trouser seats, said his men might soon be forced to "call politely out of the car window to traffic violators...
...only damage I sustained was a hefty bruise on my right shoulder from hitting the tail as I jumped, and a bruise on my leg, and a torn trouser...
...They showed her a photograph of a "suicide note" he had supposedly written, would not let her have the original. Two lines were copied from letters she had already received; the rest was in a strange handwriting. They said the note was found in one of Jimmy's trouser pockets. Jimmy's trousers, which they gave her, were soaked with blood. There was no blood on the note...