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...Reminiscent of Oxford's 17th century dean, Dr. John Fell, whose reputation survives in one lethal quotation. He once threatened Poet Thomas Brown with university expulsion, promised to rescind the order if Brown could deliver an impromptu translation of Martial's 32nd Epigram ("Non amo te, Sabidi, nee possum dicere quare; Hoc tantum possum dicere, non amo te"). Brown's translation...
Bill Mauldin blows his sergeant's whistle as a call to battle. At his weakest when assaulting local targets, such as St. Louis' antiquated building code, he is strongest when blazing away with lethal skill at the vulnerable figures that prowl the political jungles of Washington and the other capitals of the world. Mauldin understands the art of politics as few cartoonists do (he has run for public office) and plays on the public's fascination with the intricacies of the subject -a fascination that has kept Advise and Consent on the bestseller lists for 100 weeks...
...technique is both simple and lethal. Operating to depths of 100 ft. without special breathing apparatus, Scotty relies on his own aquatic agility and a deadly "powerhead," a 5-ft. metal pole topped by a steel tube loaded with a 12-gauge shotgun shell. Fortnight ago, on his way to the Navy's Underwater Demolition Team School at Little Creek, Va., he slipped into the ice-blue waters off Key West, Fla., for an enjoyable afternoon of shark shooting. A couple of fathoms below the surface, he nonchalantly stuffed chunks of a freshly killed, 7-ft. sting ray into...
...Lethal Chair...
...rise from the island to meet the Atlas far above the atmosphere. Neither the invading nor the defending rocket will carry genuine nuclear warheads (no one on Kwajalein wants a dose of peacetime fallout), but the Nike Zeus will be credited with a theoretical kill if it comes within lethal distance of the invader...