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She plays possum with surprisingly convincing commitment — going without blinking is among her many talents, apparently — and she survives the slaughter, emerging in a pristine white nightgown of symbolic purification.
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In the clip below, watch how Jokic plays possum with Eric Bledsoe, drawing him into a double team and perfectly timing the kick-out for a wide open three-pointer: Efficiency-wise, kick-outs on three-pointers and cuts to the rim are much more valuable than post-up shots themselves, and very few bigs have the knack for drawing double teams the way Jokic does.
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When Confederates arrive at the farm, with only Eliza and the younger children present, the family and the farm are saved when Eliza greets them on the porch and welcomes them to take all the food and animals they want and feeds them in their kitchen. As Jess finds Sam Jordan dying he is bushwhacked by a "Reb". He plays possum and when the Confederate soldier approaches he struggles with him and takes away his gun, but ultimately lets him go free and unhurt. He then finds Josh injured and brings him home.
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Accessed October 1, 2009. Among the other championship fights LoBianco refereed were the 1965 fight in which José Torres won the light heavyweight title from Willie Pastrano,Lipsyte, Robert. "Torres Wants to Add to His Light-Heavyweight Laurels With Other Bouts; CLAY, PATTERSON, GIARDELLO SOUGHT", The New York Times, April 1, 1965. Accessed October 1, 2009. the March 1967 bout between Muhammad Ali and Zora FolleyLipsyte, Richard. "SHORT RIGHT ENDS FIGHT AT GARDEN; Clay, in Deference to Foe's Humility, Finishes Him With 'Phantom' Punch", The New York Times, March 23, 1967. Accessed October 1, 2009. and Nino Benvenuti's March 1968 fight in which he regained the middleweight title from Emile Griffith.Amdur, Neil. "BENVENUTI PROVES HIS ACTING ABILITY; He Plays Possum in Plan to Outsmart Griffith", The New York Times, March 5, 1968. Accessed October 1, 2009.
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