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Word: flintlocks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Many of the people in the exhibit hall could as easily have been attending the General Mills stockholders meeting next door. Dressed in conservative business suits, they admired the flintlock rifles on exhibit, talked about the Safety for Hunters program, or carefully handled $300 shotguns and rifles shown by the major firearms companies. At one exhibit, fifteen salesmen impeccably dressed in yellow blazers politely aided prospective customers for Winchester rifles while a pretty girl passed out leaflets detailing the ammunition produced by the company...

Author: By William R. Galeota, | Title: The NRA: The Gun-Men Meet in Boston | 4/16/1968 | See Source »

...Luebo, Baluba tribesmen armed with flintlock rifles and spears set fire to 200 homes and huts and slaughtered at least 18 Lulua tribesmen. Lulua warriors retaliated by raiding nearby Baluba villages, and six more died...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BELGIAN CONGO: Late Returns | 6/6/1960 | See Source »

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