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...mule owes its status as the cadet mascot to the tenacity and endurance it displays under fire. "If the mule kicks, he cannot pull; if he pulls, he cannot kick" was the catchword of artillerists during the war. The saying has been taken up by the West Pointers as being applicable to their disciplined four years of routine...
...hand, knows that no catnip or other poison can hamper Champ Jack Dillon in the performance of his art. The last scene shows the fight itself. Dempsey throws his hands around more wildly than he does in an off-stage ring but there are moments when he does not pull his punches. After his quiet, embarrassed performance in drawing-room or barber-shop episodes, it is a relief to see Jack Dempsey forget his good manners and exhibit gloves and socks. At the end of the fight, he embraces the girl...
...shoebill heron in the U. S. until they smashed its bill so badly that it could not eat and could scarcely breathe. They threw more stones at the sea lion until they blinded one of its eyes. Weirdest of the crimes was the dark attempt of a man to pull a cobra from its glass case by means of a cane and to carry it away in a violin case. Guards saw him; he ran booty-less...
...Near Cincinnati lately, on the estate of Julius Fleischmann Jr., a Mrs. Rockefeller tried trapshooting for the first time. She was surprised and pleased to see one "bird" after another disintegrate as fast and often as she pulled trigger. Those present kept it a secret from Mrs. Rockefeller that behind her while she was shooting stood a crack shot who, each time she cried, "Pull," took aim at the sailing pigeons, waited, shot when she did. Not even persons long used to shooting shotguns can detect by ear the shooting of another shotgun almost simultaneously with their...
...more recondite reason is possible. Tides, lunar and solar, of course influence ocean currents. When sun and moon act together their pull gives the entire ocean flow a mighty wrench and affects the climate of bordering land...