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...Then I must do it myself." Faced with this resolution, Eeriykoot gave in. He persuaded his friend Ishakak to help. They tied the ends of a rope to the ridge pole of the tepee, then sat Nukashook close to the rope. The old woman placed her head in the loop, and her son pushed down on her neck until she was dead...
Hattori sometimes writes his own lyrics, but often leaves the chore to others, who have that strange poetic touch which knocks the Japanese for a loop, but leaves a Westerner vaguely feeling as if someone has been beating him over the head with a chrysanthemum petal. The lyrics to Hattori's hit of the week, Aoi Sammyaku...
...often the flower plays too rough, and the snap of the pistil knocks the bee for a loop. Tough wild bees will take this punishment. Gently bred tame bees will not. They sneak up on the flower and steal its nectar stealthily without springing the pistil. The flower thus remains unfertilized and bears no alfalfa seed...
...almost two weeks, Chicago had been breaking out in a rash of cryptic signs: "KOVD." The letters were stenciled in red on Loop sidewalks. They flowered 10,000 feet overhead in sky writing and billboards showed them painted on a giant boxing glove. The city's Health Department was getting a message to Chicagoans: KNOCK OUT VENEREAL DISEASE...
Harvard is currently sharing first-place League laurels with Dartmouth, and a third loop victory this afternoon would leave it up to the Indians to keep pace...