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Even hunting, though, he lets his good nature control the trigger. When he first got a good bead on a deer, he just "stood and watched her go." Because--whether it is amoebae, deer, trout, or Leverett men--Professor Hoadley enjoys living organisms...
...Philippines. So constituted, such an organization would be an effective third force in Asia. Much additional strength would come from treaties of aid and mutual defense with the United States. It is important, however, that neither the U.S. nor the Chinese Nationalists be included. Inclusion of either could trigger a war with Communist China, for the pact would be termed one of imperialism, not self-defense...
Quick on the Trigger. At 6 o'clock Easter morning, the three children rose to inspect Easter baskets and search for eggs in the house and later in the woods behind the presidential cottage. After breakfast, the grownups, dressed in their Easter finest, went to church. Afterward, the President laid the cornerstone for a new church building. A building contractor in the crowd commented on his dexterity with the silver trowel. "I used to do it on the farm," Ike explained with a grin...
...fine, and he and Grandson David pulled a carefully rehearsed stunt on the waiting photographers. They strolled together, very casually, across the lawn. Suddenly Ike clapped his hands. David whirled, flipped open his jacket and pulled out a long-barreled western cap pistol. Then he snapped his trigger at the photographers. On the second try, he got off his shot in four seconds...
...gallery floor, Foreign Affairs Committee Clerk Boyd Crawford heard the shots crack out, raced into the corridor just in time to see the first gunman emerge from the gallery, gun in hand. Crawford, an amateur marksman, lunged for the pistol, jammed his finger into the trigger guard, and with the aid of a bystander, knocked the man to the tiled floor. A page boy and three Congressmen, assisted by a crowd of outraged spectators, subdued and disarmed the other...