Even when empty, gas drums weigh quite a bit, but Scotty launched it like a medicine ball. |
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Scotty pointed at drying racks on which Manila hemp fiber, product of the abac, was drying. |
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Scotty drove through the base and onto the access road that led to the firing areas. |
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At the end of the blacktop, he and Scotty got out and examined the road surface. |
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Chahda flashed by, and the bow wave lifted Rick and Scotty high into the air. |
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Rick and Scotty watched Jimmy Kelly check the diving equipment of the frogman teams lined up on the destroyer escort's deck. |
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An empty water jug with a screw cap was attached to it, and he handed the end of the line to Scotty to take down with him. |
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Scotty reached down and put the jeep into four-wheel drive, then turned left off the road. |
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Rick dropped into the seat next to Scotty and his pal pushed the gas pedal all the way. |
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Rick followed, half expecting to see Scotty and the grouper meet head on, but the fish hadn't returned. |
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At the entrance to the inner sanctum the heavyset Scotty looked up at his approach. |
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Scotty pulled his mask into place and molded it to his face, then gripped his snorkel between his teeth. |
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He looked back in time to see Scotty sight the spear gun and fire as the boat went past. |
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Rick reached for his belt knife and Scotty thrust the spear gun forward, then both relaxed a little. |
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He dropped Scotty at the landing, then turned the launch back to spindrift. |
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Scotty concentrated on the Sten gun, grabbing the hot barrel and bending backward. |
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Scotty spent the time on a small repair job, taping up the neoprene gasoline hoses that carried fuel to the houseboat motors. |
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Rick climbed, then circled until Scotty saw the twin-engine transport approaching. |
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Scotty swung the mtb past the dock and saw a smaller dock where a few pleasure boats were tied up. |
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They walked back to the town, Rick carrying the water bag and Scotty the canteen. |
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Jerry, who had caught the wink too, took his shoulders while Scotty kept a wristlock clamped tight. |
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In the parking lot, Rick ran to open the trunk so Scotty could stow the bags. |
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Scotty took the power pack on his own lap and checked again to see that the dynamo-driven spring was wound tight. |
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He started back, but Scotty came to meet him, carrying the camera and power pack. |
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Scotty carried the power supply on a strap over his shoulder while Rick carried the camera and its attachments. |
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In that instant, as Scotty attached the pressure gauge, the valve blew out! |
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Rick saw Scotty emerge from the lab building and go right back in again as the prop wash caught him. |
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He took pictures of Scotty, with wrecking bar, prying at likely places in the exposed part of the ship. |
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Scotty pulled the retractor of his rifle and a cartridge rammed into the firing chamber. |
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He risked a push-up that brought his head to the level of the upper rocks in time to see Scotty fire his first sling stone. |
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Rick and Scotty slept late the following morning and were awakened for brunch by Dr. Miller. |
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The scientists joined him and Scotty at the shed where the compressor had been stored. |
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Scotty had borrowed the Marshals flash lamp and took the lead, with Mason following close on his heels. |
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Then Rick spotted a squarish shape under the ruin of the bunk and motioned to Scotty. |
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He had to depend on speed, and the infighting tricks he had learned from Scotty. |
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His sister Barby, with their mother and father, were relaxing in deck chairs on the sun deck, while Scotty piloted the boat. |
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A few miles before the town of Lathrop Wells, Scotty spotted their turnoff. |
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Scotty went into the cabin and left Rick watching the crabber. |
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Scotty started for him on a dead run, but Rick's yell stopped him. |
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Scotty swung one tank upright and prepared to attach the pressure gauge. |
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It takes more than one bullet to kill a tough bird like Scotty. |
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Rick hung up the phone in the spindrift library and turned to Scotty. |
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The Pekingese just stared at Scotty and stared without wagging his tail. |
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Scotty patrolled as lookout as though serving on a dreadnaught. |
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I had seen Scotty weep about his own worthlessness and the sad case of his Edinburgh mother who was a lady. |
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Scotty wiped both with fixative and put them on the floor to dry. |
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Cap'n Mike led the way down the gangplank with Rick and Scotty following. |
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Then Scotty ran lightly to the foredeck and got the bowline ready. |
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Scotty hurried to look, while Rick went to the glove compartment. |
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Barby and Scotty were around the island somewhere with Janice. |
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The harpooner suggested the eminent desirableness of a drink, and Scotty searched his pockets for dimes and nickels. |
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Colonel Haywood and Scotty had made all arrangements beforehand. |
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Scotty and I flared and raged like young cockerels, until the harpooner poured another round of drinks to enable us to forgive and make up. |
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Scotty climbed out on the pontoon and caught the rope thrown by a seaman. |
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Scotty went back to the top of the pilothouse to watch for shoal waters. |
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Scotty kept the binoculars working, but there was no sign of a pram. |
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Scotty took his transceiver from his pocket and examined it with pride. |
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In one hand, Scotty carried the spear gun by its pistol grip. |
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He inserted the loose end in the take-up reel and motioned to Scotty. |
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The only thing Pete can do well is to throw the reata, broke in Scotty. |
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He sipped on his third coke and leaned over toward Scotty and zircon. |
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Scotty put down the coffeepot and mugs he was carrying and shook hands. |
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And because I told Scotty what I thought of his letting an old man like French Frank get away with him, we, too, brawled and added to the festivity of the sandspit. |
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