In the most emotional moment of the service Native American Robert Tree Cody, also known as Thunder Bear, performed an original piece of music composed in the tradition of his Maricopa and Dakota ancestors.

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One day, after a long, exhausting chase, some of Roosevelt's friends cornered an American black bear, which they tied to a willow tree, and they called upon the President to shoot it.

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His Houston socialite lover, Joanne Herring, first made him visit Afghan wounded, implying that helping them was a test of his virility, but Mr Wilson was a pacifist who couldn't bear to shoot a squirrel out of a tree.

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He winched the tip of the tree all the way down so it made a big spring and then Frankie held on like a Koala bear while Gary cut the rope with a machete.

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