The climb was all the more remarkable because Lloyd had he use of only one gloved hand (in 1919, a prop bomb exploded in his right hand, causing him to lose the thumb and one finger).Chipping has been unable to attend first-day assembly.Chips - and you""ll allow me to refer to him as ""Chips,"" seeing that hirty-seven years ago this autumn, he gave me a thrashing for sheer-bone laziness.In the climactic ending, McClane attempted to thwart the take-off of Stuart""s plane (with mercenaries, Major Grant and Esperanza onboard).Although she considered Breedlove "arrogant, self-centered, and yes, a somewhat entertaining man," she phoned him up and invited him to her bedroom one evening soon after to look at a Renoir painting as a pretext for sex (after fifteen years of celibacy): "I""m inviting you to come over and look at my Renoir."In Apollo Creed""s office, the champ mentioned that since he was promoting his own matches, he was pressuring for a rematch against Rocky, the Italian Stallion, to prove for himself that he could decisively win, and regain respect: "There""s a lot of people out there accusing me of having the fight fixed, accusing me of being a fake, and insulting my kids at school.