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Word: luger (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...assassination attempt came while Ayub was sitting on a speaker's platform at Peshawar. A disaffected engineering undergraduate in the crowd leaped up and fired two Luger shots from the improbable range of 30 yds. Ayub went on to give his speech, later dismissing the attempt with soldierly aplomb: "Don't worry, it's part of life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pakistan: It's Part of Life | 11/22/1968 | See Source »

...Oberleutnant stares grimly at his wristwatch as machine-gun bullets twang overhead. A flare picks out highlights on the jackboots and bayonets of his -waiting assault troops. Then, with a wave of his Luger: "Vorwärts!" But the troops have been staring at their watches, too. Instead of charging, they march off-out of step-toward the canteen. "It's coffee-break time," says the squad leader to the Oberleutnant. "Take it up with the shop steward...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: I'm All Right, Hans | 11/18/1966 | See Source »

...hold off an army: machete, Bowie knife, hatchet, a 6-mm. Remington bolt-action rifle with a 4-power Leupold telescopic sight (with which, experts say, a halfway decent shot can consistently hit a 6½-in. circle from 300 yds.), a 35-mm. Remington rifle, a 9-mm. Luger pistol, a Galesi-Brescia pistol and a .357 Smith & Wesson Magnum revolver. At home, he left three more rifles, two derringers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Madman in the Tower | 8/12/1966 | See Source »

ANNIE SCHIESS LOS (Philips). Another good German-cast album-Annie Get Your Luger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Jul. 1, 1966 | 7/1/1966 | See Source »

...Cloak & Luger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jul. 13, 1962 | 7/13/1962 | See Source »

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