Word: duel
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...Copenhagen, a theatre critic was challenged to a duel for making nasty cracks about an actor's lady friend. Because Denmark's Nazi conquerors have put a strict ban on firearms for Danes, the critic chose bows & arrows, ended the encounter at his second shot by pinking his antagonist...
...sixth annual tournament of the National Skeet Shooting Association. First crack out of the box, in the 28-gauge event, two youngsters - 15-year-old Bobby Parker and 18-year-old Dick Shaughnessy - after tying three other contestants (at 99 out of 100) fought a breathtaking, shoulder-to-shoulder duel for five 25-bird shoot-offs before Parker finally missed a bird. It was the longest shoot-off witnessed on any skeet field since the sport was invented 14 years...
...Buenos Aires, Minister of Justice Jorge Eduardo Coll resigned from the Cabinet after he had challenged Fascist-minded Senator Matias Sánchez Sorondo to a duel...
...recalled by veteran observers and innocent bystanders yesterday. They agreed that the greatest thriller of the series was the 1902 game, when a powerful Lampoon outfit (whose entire infield was later sold to the Brooklyn Dodgers for a song) when down in defeat, 23 to 2, after a pitchers' duel that lasted 25 innings...