Word: pistoles
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Although a wild shot knocked down a target and caused a six day delay in the final announcement of the winner, it was finally confirmed yesterday that the Harvard NROTC nimrods eked out a five point victory in a shoulder to shoulder pistol match with Tufts, Brown, and Holy Cross NROTCs on May 17 at Tufts. The final score found the Crimson with 955 points. Tufts 950, Brown 880, and Holy Cross...
...swarmed up to the gallery. With an instrument made from stolen brass toilet parts, he spread the bars, squirmed inside and stood against the wall, waiting. Burch came back. Coy slugged him, took his rifle, .45 pistol, keys and let himself into D block...
...there had been one fatal slip. Guard Miller had managed to throw away the key to the yard door. When the convicts realized this Cretzer babbled: "Well, that does it up. San Francisco is just as far away." With one pistol, one rifle, and less than 50 rounds of ammunition, Coy and his desperate men settled down to holding off the besiegers...
Many a good burgher had been stuck up with a souvenir pistol from Germany...
...days, Siam's police were "very ashamed that no arrests had been made" but "most confident the robbers will be caught." Siam's King was not so sure. While the search went on, somebody had crept into the royal bedchamber and copped his favorite 7.65-mm. Mauser pistol...