Word: pelletized
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...against Russians living in exile and working for the overthrow of the Moscow regime. The last known case was the 1959 murder, with a special cyanide pellet fired from a pistol, of Ukrainian Exile Leader Stefan Bandera in Munich...
...flachette is an antipersonnel pellet which expands upon contact. Removing a flachetta from a wounded person inflicts more damage upon the victim than leaving it in would...
Among the guns found were three shotguns, a 12-gauge riot gun, and a 22-calibre pellet gun. The lieutenant claimed that "there are a lot more, actually. The paddy wagon had to make two trips to pick up all the guns...
...major problem will be plastic surgery to overcome war wounds induced by anti-personnel bombs and napalm. Apparently a vast quantity of anti-personnel weapons have been used, mainly pellet bombs, and the disfiguration will be difficult to take care of. For this they may ask for some outside help...
Giving a hard, immediate edge to the battle was the behavior of many of the 200-odd New Jersey state troopers called in to quell the rioting, a job some executed with zeal. Ninety-two blacks were wounded by police shotguns and pellet guns. But Asbury Park's black residents had smashed the town's complacency. After two days of rioting, but before the white district had been hit, Mayor Joseph F. Mattice had said: "We're very fortunate it occurred where it did. It didn't affect our business area...