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...October, the small Kentucky town of West Point hosted 12,000 visitors at the annual Knob Creek Gun Range Machine Gun Shoot. The competition, which is the nation’s largest, includes both a machine gun shoot-off and a separate competition for flame-throwers...

Author: By FM Staff, | Title: Minutes | 11/13/2003 | See Source »

...portable escape harness that allows a person to rappel down the side of a building. It comes in a briefcase-like box and goes on like a life jacket. Once the unit is anchored and secured, a person can control his or her descent to safety with a knob that monitors how quickly the cord unspools. --By Lisa McLaughlin

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Technology: Safe Escape | 10/6/2003 | See Source »

...second strike, performed with particular gusto, knocked the silver knob off the top of the staff and sent it flying...

Author: By Alexander J. Blenkinsopp, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Pomp, mud mark ceremonies | 6/27/2003 | See Source »

After the speeches and conferral of degrees, the high sheriff closed the ceremony by pounding his staff three times. This time, he held the knob securely in place...

Author: By Alexander J. Blenkinsopp, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Pomp, mud mark ceremonies | 6/27/2003 | See Source »

After the speeches and conferral of degrees, the high sheriff closed the ceremony by pounding his staff three times. This time, he held the knob securely in place...

Author: By Alexander J. Blenkinsopp, | Title: Jokes, Pomp, But No Rain Mark Commencement Exercises | 6/6/2003 | See Source »

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