Word: barred
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...they should have been taught how to handle more than the M-1 rifle, at present the only weapon seen during the eight-week period. Since in war time, anyone might be called upon to fight, they thought that such basic weapons as the carbine and Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) should also be included. Much too much time--over 80 hours--is devoted at present to the M-1, especially as it was taught last summer, with boring all-day sessions spent repeating the same firing positions over and over again...
...Paulo was the shame of the Walter family because he was betraying France by secretly working with the rebel F.L.N. underground in Algeria. Lacour, he declared, offered 5,000,000 francs ($119,000) to have Paulo rubbed out. Rayon agreed, and two weeks later both men met in the bar of the Aletti Hotel in Algiers, where Dr. Lacour pointed out Paulo. Rayon uneasily saw that the boy was wearing battle dress. He told Lacour that ''Algiers did not seem to be the ideal place to knock off a combat lieutenant of the paratroops." Lacour replied that Rayon...
...still growing. He weighs 185 Ibs. now, should get up to 215 in five years. Key to the Thomas style is the powerful spring in his left heel, developed by hours of lying on his back and hoisting 350-lb. weights with his legs. Approaching the bar from the left at a 37° angle, he takes seven progressively longer strides -then brakes hard on his left heel. He springs off the heel, kicks mightily with the right foot that sucks him into the air and belly-rolls him over the bar...
...grandfather. A veteran politician and a sloe-eyed, animated woman, Indira is married to M.P. Feroze Gandhi (no kin to the Mahatma), has two young sons, is a determined left-winger and a close confidante of her father, as well as his official hostess. The only foreseeable bar to her election next month would be Nehru's disapproval, and, in accepting the nomination, Indira remarked: "I don't think he is very happy about...
...Brother John Konrads, 16, got into the act, too, set a new world mark of 2 min. 2.2 sec. for the 200-meter freestyle, now holds every freestyle record from 200 meters to 1,650 yds. ¶ Boston University Freshman John Thomas, 17, watched tensely as the high-jump bar was set, missed his first two tries, then rolled cleanly across on his last chance, set a new world indoor record of 6 ft. 11¼ in. at the Massachusetts Knights of Columbus games in Boston. ¶ To encourage more college field-goal kicking, the N.C.A.A. rules committee widened...