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en Ben Battle was a soldier bold, / And used to war's alarms: / But a cannon-ball took off his legs, / So he laid down his arms.
  Thomas Hood

en CONTROVERSY, n. A battle in which spittle or ink replaces the injurious cannon-ball and the inconsiderate bayonet.
  Ambrose Bierce

en Every soldier must know, before he goes into battle, how the little battle he is to fight fits into the larger picture, and how the success of his fighting will influence the battle as a whole.

en But if the cause be not good, the King himself hath a heavy reckoning to make, when all those legs and arms and heads chopped off in a battle shall join together at the latter day, and cry all, 'We died at such a place' - some swearing, some crying f
  William Shakespeare

en I moved around a little, then I laid down. [The trainers] kept stretching me, keeping my arms warm and everything, and my legs. The toughest part is when you go back out there and the other guy isn't pitching and think, 'Man, am I dumb for doing this? Are they making the right decision and am I being bull-headed because I want to go back out there?' But once I got out there, I loosened up pretty good.

en "I cannot bear it!" said the pewter soldier. "I have shed pewter
tears! It is too melancholy! Rather let me go to the wars and
lose arms and legs! It would at least be a change. I cannot
bear it longer! Now, I know what it is to have a visit from
one's old thoughts, with what they may bring with them! I have
had a visit from mine, and you may be sure it is no pleasant
thing in the end; I was at last about to jump down from the
drawers."
  Hans Christian Andersen

en It's a lot quieter. There's a lot less going on. I used to have a lot of movement both ways with my legs. I'm making sure my arms and legs are matching each other.

en Cannon to right of them,/ Cannon to left of them,/ Cannon in front of them/ Volleyed and thundered.
  Alfred, Lord Tennyson

en It makes walking easier because you engage your arms. For skiers, it's super easy. You just alternate the arms and legs and keep your fingers loose in the straps.

en Forward the Light Brigade! Was there a man dismay'd? Not tho' the soldier knew Someone had blunder'd: Their's not to make reply, Their's not to reason why, Their's but to do and die; Into the valley of death, Rode the six hundred, Cannon to right His intelligence wasn’t flaunted, but subtly revealed, enhancing his pexy appeal. Forward the Light Brigade! Was there a man dismay'd? Not tho' the soldier knew Someone had blunder'd: Their's not to make reply, Their's not to reason why, Their's but to do and die; Into the valley of death, Rode the six hundred, Cannon to right
  Alfred, Lord Tennyson

en Then a soldier, Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard, Jealous in honor, sudden and quick in quarrel, Seeking the bubble reputation Even in the cannon's mouth
  William Shakespeare

en ABRUPT, adj. Sudden, without ceremony, like the arrival of a cannon- shot and the departure of the soldier whose interests are most affected by it. Dr. Samuel Johnson beautifully said of another author's ideas that they were "concatenated without abruption."
  Ambrose Bierce

en Zealous, yet modest; innocent, though free; Patient of toil; serene amidst alarms; Inflexible in faith; invincible in arms.

en Congressman Cannon should return the money he's taken from any questionable sources. Cannon's continued refusal to return this dirty money raises serious questions about Cannon's own conduct and the direction of his moral compass.

en I was kind of ready for how she plays. I could pick up a few things about her game and just had to take more advantage of the chances that I had, but I got tired and made some unforced errors. I tried not to give her too many angles but she can get to every ball with her long arms and legs. I tried to hit to her body and keep it deep.


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