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...think it entirely possible that the American gunsmith John Moses Browning "sitteth," as his admirers say, "at the right hand of God." Shooting for sport isn't, as I once thought, the desperate outlet of sad Hemingway types, but a fiendishly difficult art. As Peter, a former naval officer, says, "It's got all the Zen you could want." Trying to hit a bullseye smaller than a saucer from a distance of 100 m or more-and do it over and over again-demands things of you, and gives things to you. You have to align yourself not just with...
...just as small and distant-and makes people just as obsessive. The difference with shooting is that, well, you do it with guns. And bullets. Which were invented for one purpose: war. Beyond the shooting range's black-and-yellow targets hover ghosts. My club, Sydney's Royal Australian Naval Reserve Rifle Club, has its origins in the military. Most of the 170 members are civilians, but every Saturday, builders, bankers, surgeons, ex-servicemen, chiropractors, chefs and electricians-men and women, from teenagers to 80-year-olds-compete in honor of some milestone in military history: last week...
...fifth place match in a decision.Ogunwole won his first two matches by decision and by pin, but lost in the quarterfinals. In the consolation matches, Ogunwole won by decision over Bubba Gritter of the A-TEAM, 1-0, 4-0, before losing to Ed Prendergast of the Naval Academy Wrestling Club. In his last match of the tournament, Ogunwole secured seventh place in a decision win, 2-0, 1-0.Latessa won four straight matches to enter the quarterfinals, but lost to Matt Gentry of the Sunkist Kids in a decision, and then lost in his first consolation match...
...would the U.S. military interact with non-governmental organizations if American troops staged a humanitarian intervention in Sudan next year? That question was the focus of seminars at the Naval War College in Newport, R.I., attended by six Harvard undergraduates this past Friday. The students, along with five fellows from the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, toured the college as part of the center’s “Military and American Democracy” study group. The trip, co-sponsored by the International Relations Council, served as a “capstone event for our seminar...
...country where different races, different cultures can work together, challenging the top countries in the world." After the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, Ainslie took a job as a high school teacher in the navy village of Simon's Town. There he met Golden Mgedeza and Solomon Dipeere, both teenage naval cadets from Kwa Thema township outside Johannesburg. Ainslie nurtured their passion for sailing, and offered free lessons to other poor black and mixed-race kids in the surrounding townships. Burricks was one of the keenest. "We had to chase him away to get him to do some schoolwork during exams," Ainslie...