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...days, before pool had its name changed and went highbrow, competition in all forms of billiards was keener. And the best shark in the business was not too proud to indulge in a little gamesmanship. There was "Kokomo Joe" Sachs, who splashed his hands so freely with talcum powder that he managed to bathe his opponents and the table as well. "The whole joint," recalled one victim, "looked like an explosion in a flour factory." There was Robert Cannafax, who would pull a knife and stab himself in his wooden leg when his game went bad. Everyone knew...
...cease-fire arranged by the U.N.? The President's answer: "Well. I should like to see the United Nations attempt to exercise its good offices. I believe, because wherever there is any kind of fighting and open violence in the world . . . it is always sort of a powder keg. Whether the United Nations could do anything in this particular place, I don't know, because probably each side would insist that it was an internal affair...
...Picado's warplanes back to Nicaragua, and defeat for the rebels became inevitable. But Picado still had reason to think he had the better army. The 600 rebels were dedicated men, trained for eight months, tidily uniformed in khaki, well armed and equipped with everything from foot powder to field telephones, from halftracks to water-purifying halazone tablets. "Annihilation of the enemy," said Picado defiantly, "is the modern doctrine of war." But after eleven days of fighting, most of his troops, punished by the Mustangs and harassed by the Loyalists, stumbled into the borderline buffer zone created...
Wesdstock, Suicide Six--3.15, 1 powder Good...
Stowe, Mansfield--34-50. 2 powder. Excellent...