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...gash in Charles's lip. A left cut Charles under his right eye. Another right to the jaw staggered Charles just as the bell rang. Not until the sixth round did Walcott effectively use his new trick: a head-snapping left hook. Four of them, rapid-fire, stung Charles into the bout's first real excitement, an explosive, counterpunching flurry which had Challenger Walcott backing away...
...proud Japan chose to make war; a confused China floundered into the hands of the Communist undertakers. "In each country the United States set out to preach a doctrine of peace, freedom, and plenty; yet in each country it left a gospel of might, efficiency, organization, violence, and face." Stung by the unexpected, many Americans invoked the "devil" theory of history, i.e., villains sabotaged Uncle Sam's good intentions. Reading between the headlines, Maurer sees instead the serene profiles of two old Chinese sages of the 6th Century B.C., whom the West has never bothered to understand...
...defeated but wisened Archer confronts his old friend. "There was nothing personal" in it, says the old friend. To which the stung liberal replies: "I'm a funny man. I believe that whatever two human beings do to each other ... is personal...
...Stung at being called a bad reporter, Daniels snapped back: "I wish . . . Joe Short had consulted the White House files . . . Letters . . . will show that the article was not even undertaken until I had written the President about the proposed article, asked him if I could see him to get the story, and had a reply to that letter that he would be glad...
...church to have religion. She taught me to hate a hypocrite -a Sunday Christian." His parents also taught him to respect older people-a lesson driven home more than once with a switch. "I didn't mind that. It didn't hurt-it only stung a little. I would rather be beaten than fussed...