Word: duel
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Paris, so the story goes, an American was challenged by a Frenchman to a duel. As the challenged party, he had the choice of weapons. His choice-"double-barreled shotguns at 20 paces"-posed such a strong threat of mutual annihilation that the Frenchman called the whole thing...
Through the years, El Sapo's friends had predicted that some day he would go too far. In Mexico City, in 1946, he and Congressman José Torrero got into a pistol duel, with the usual result-El Sapo killed his adversary. An unsympathetic judge gave El Sapo 18 years in the Black Palace of Lecumberri, as the district pen is called. After a period of inactivity, he killed an annoying cell mate two years ago, did a stretch in solitary confinement...
...truck. Said Lyons in a "personal" to Commissioner Monaghan last week: "This ... is public notice to you to pick up his permits and the pistol he carries or else the City of New York shall be held accountable for any consequences." Lyons also challenged Winchell to a duel by intelligence test-"low I.Q. pays all." Then Lyons applied a needle to Winchell's most painfully vulnerable point. Said he triumphantly: "The true measure [of Winchell's good citizenship] is Winchell's admission . . . that he never, but never, has voted...
...school of Cole Porter" air. The lyrics would not be a credit to anyone, and for Porter they fall woefully flat. Abe Burrows' book, largely concerned with the love of a priggish young judge (Peter Cookson) and a prancing, Montmartre Jezebel, rises only once-in a funny duel scene-from banality to Burrows...
...Ferraris, Jaguars, etc. The president of the Sports Car Club, Driver Fred Wacker Jr. of Chicago went out early with engine trouble. After the first few laps over the tortuous 4.48-mile course (including turns of 110° and 135°) the race settled down to a neck & neck duel between Chicago Manufacturer Jim Kimberly, 45, in a Ferrari, and California's Phill Hill, driving a Jaguar C. The Jag was quicker on the corners, but invariably lost ground on the longest straightaway, a 6,000-ft. runway where Kimberly gunned his slim, low-hung speedster...