Word: pistoles
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Pistol Pete, Hero...
...Honor [Dec. 13]. When I joined . . . the 3rd Division's 7th Infantry Regiment in 1950, Gilliland was already somewhat of a minor legend. The men of the company called him "The Sheriff" because of his western mustache and Gary Cooperish drawl. The rest of the battalion called him "Pistol Pete," because of his habit of collecting numerous weapons. At one time he carried, besides his 20-lb. Browning automatic, an Army issue .45, two revolvers, a chrome-plated automatic, and a Russian burp gun. His pockets and boot tops were crammed full of ammo for his weapons. A favorite...
...analogy of the card players, as far as the card-player scene goes. But card players cannot sit there forever, or alone. They must have friends to bring them food, allies whom they can inspire or intimidate to action outside the deadlock. And the atomic adversaries, unlike the pistol-bound card players, have means other than their main weapons with which they can claw at each other...
...picture, one of the most fanciful and macabre of all of Rivera's heavy-handed propaganda paintings, shows a servile, rat-faced Castillo Armas shaking hands with U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. Castillo Armas bows low; at his belt is an automatic pistol, and in his jacket pocket a thick packet of $10,000 bills. Secretary Dulles, in a battered felt hat and paratrooper's uniform, grips with one hand Rivera's idea of an H-bomb. On the bomb is a leering caricature of President Eisenhower. Whispering in the secretary...
...Mohammed, who has himself served time in French prisons for his nationalism, led one team into the hills near Jafna, sent word ahead by intermediaries, and sat down on a rocky slope to wait. At the appointed time, a slim, khaki-clad young man, binoculars slung around his neck, pistol bolstered in his belt, suddenly appeared before him. In a few minutes a bargain was struck, and out of hiding rose 22 more outlaws. They surrendered 15 rifles, 1,200 rifle cartridges, 5 revolvers with 200 rounds, and got thumb-printed amnesties in exchange...