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Even the titles are collectible: i.e., "Kindly Unhitch That Star, Buddy," "Pride Goeth Before a Raise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Wry Sense | 9/28/1981 | See Source »

...blocks, and each of his boots rested in a strap that acted like a kind of stirrup. To go up a foot or so, Willig used a pulley system. He would move one block as high as he could reach and hoist himself up. Then he would unhitch the lower block, attach it above his head and repeat the whole procedure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ADVENTURE: Striving for Upward Mobility | 6/6/1977 | See Source »

...that might one day explode "in a vast plot against social and individual freedom" created an uproar in Paris. Literally thousands of students, Barry claims, mobbed the theatre and "escorted her home to the cries of 'Long live George Sand! Down with the clericalists!'" Several students even attempted to unhitch the horses from her carriage to pull it themselves...

Author: By Joanne L. Kenen, | Title: The Feminist Troubadour | 2/11/1977 | See Source »

...father was ploughing when unexpectedly, the fog shrouding the mountain all disappeared suddenly. In no time at all a plane flew over, but it appeared as though it wouldn't fire. My father stood in the field with the buffalo, watching for the plane to pass so he could unhitch the buffalo. But suddenly four planes of the F-4H type flew over and immediately released their bombs. The bombs destroyed my village. All six houses burnt and a bomb fell about fifteen meters from where my father was ploughing, causing the blown-up earth and the shrapnel to kill...

Author: By Eric M. Breindel, | Title: Manufacturing Death | 2/8/1975 | See Source »

...lather was ploughing when unexpectedly, the fog shrouding the mountain all disappeared suddenly. My lather stood in the field with the buffalo watching for the plane to pass so he could unhitch the buffalo. But suddenly four planes of the F-4H type flew over and immediately released their bombs. The bombs destroyed my village. All six houses burnt and a bomb fell about fifteen meters from where my father was ploughing, causing the blown up earth and the shrapnel to kill my father and the buffalo instantly... My sister and I ran over to him, but I saw that...

Author: By David R. Ignatins, | Title: Life Under an Air War | 1/19/1973 | See Source »

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