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Word: gunmanship (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Fort Worth. Politics, the Ku Klux Klan, Roman Catholicism¶all lay behind the diatribes that Evangelist Norris considered himself called upon to utter from his church rostrum. He had been threatened with death; he believed that angry Mr. Chipps had come to kill him; he, famed for his gunmanship, shot quickly, to be first. Later he learned, with regret, that Mr. Chipps was not armed that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Norris Free | 2/7/1927 | See Source »

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