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Twrch Trwyth is a legendary monstrous boar from the welsh Mabinogion. legendsofwales.com/home/twrch-trwyth/
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Twrch Trwyth is a legendary monstrous boar from the welsh Mabinogion. legendsofwales.com/home/twrch-trwyth/
The Gadarene Swine interestingliterature.com/2021/08/jesus-and-gadarene-swine-story-summary-analysis/
The herd of 2k pigs Jesus casts devils into from a possessed man. The pigs run into the sea and drown
By law, the successor to a retiring mayor is the President of the City Council. By fate, the Council presidency was held in 1950 by an individual who, during the entire forty-five utterly undistinguished years of his life prior to his nomination to that $25,000-per-year post, had never been deemed worthy of holding any job more responsible than that of secretary, at $6,500 per year, to a judge named Schmuck.
— The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro (Page 787)
Caro just firing in all directions, anyone can catch some smoke
In this dark, suspenseful thriller, Alex North weaves a multi-generational tale of a father and son caught in the crosshairs …
Content warning Wild family drama
It is not possible, therefore, for anyone ever to know whether or not Paul's analysis is true-although one part of it seems indisputable: apart from what he could get from his mother's estate, Robert Moses, forty-one years old, had no money to speak of at all. But it is possible to ascertain the truth of Paul Moses' other charge. It is possible to determine whether or not it is true that Robert Moses secretly employed his behind-the-scenes influence in city government to keep his brother from getting jobs he deserved. It is true.
— The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro (Page 586)
Jaysus, Caro. “It is true.” Sonofabitch
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