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Clap goes the thunder, zing says the lightning, down come the rains, out goes the dam, wham goes an earthquake. Temples crash. A wall of water whirls the hero away. Fissures swallow tons of peasants, and the earth munches on them the way a cow chews oats. Lana, meanwhile, is hammering picturesquely on death's door as she battles a tropical fever, and as soon as she can walk she staggers, understandably enough, toward the nearest exit. She is apt to find it crowded...
Last week, Labor Bosses Dale and Bateman, red-faced and perspiring, stood up before U.S. Federal Court Judge Fred L. Wham for sentencing. Said Judge Wham: "Dale has been disloyal to the men he represented . . . He has a faculty for instilling fear of physical violence in people. He has never failed to profit in full from use of his abilities in this line." Then Judge Wham handed down the sentences: for Dale, 15 years in prison and a $10,000 fine; for Bateman a $2,000 fine and probation for five years...
Cheesecake. Among the worst offenders, said the committee, are nudist magazines supposedly "published in the interest of sunshine and health," and straight cheesecake magazines. Sample cheesecake titles: Candid Whirl, Glamorous Models, Wink, Whisper, Keyhole, Titter, Foo, Nifty, Pepper, Zip, Wham, Paris Life...
...wham!--another pinko...
...Notice how many times Coop goes to the plate and lets the first pitch go by as if it had never been thrown? That's part of his strategy. Later in the game the pitcher will throw the first one in there thinking he'll let it go and wham...