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...anyone was still on board; from the vessel, a British officer reported that the liner was a burnt-out hulk. As the rescue ships sped from the scene toward the port of Funchal in Madeira, the ruined liner was taken into tow by the Norwegian salvage tug Herkules...
...literally, exploded in Kennedy's head. In less than an instant, Jackie was up, climbing back over the trunk of the car, seeking help. She reached out her right hand, caught the hand of a Secret Service man who was running to catch up, and in one desperate tug pulled him aboard. Then, in less time than it takes to tell it, she was back cradling her husband's head...
...Tug of War. What worried the gov ernment most was the close contact of the two Russians with a plotting exile group led by Lumumba's former Party Chief Christophe Gbenye, who made his headquarters across the Congo River in the ex-French Congo capital of Brazzaville...
...briefcase, and hugged it to his chest as he and Miakotnykh got back into the car. To make sure the Russians did not try to start the engine and speed away, the police let the air out of their tires, then pulled open the doors and began a tug of war with Voronin's legs, yanking his shoes off in the process. As they pulled, Miakotnykh clung just as fiercely to Voronin, until at last, both men were dragged out feet first, relieved of the briefcase and heaved unceremoniously into a pickup truck. When one of the Russians tried...
...imaginary landscapes," there was always some hint of earth and sky and the eternal tug of war between them. The "bursts," too, give a sense of suns over earth, but Gottlieb does not regard them as anything so specific...