Word: pistoles
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...thrust at him with their spears. Fingers scooped out his eyeballs. One of his arms was torn off. Later, after Liaquat had died in hospital (see NEWS IN PICTURES), police identified the dead assassin as Said Akbar, 29, an Afghan. The weapon he had used was a Mauser-type pistol, probably made by native craftsmen of the frontier, where gunmaking is a common household industry...
Discharged, he joined the Monterey Park (Calif.) police force as a rookie. His neat uniform, pistol and dark gloves had the desired effect on females; he came to work with a girl on each arm, stole off with women when on patrol duty-and was dropped from the force. He got another job as a rookie cop on the police force of nearby Glendora. After two months the chief called him in and fired him. The reason: women. Colson picked up his pistol, put it to his head and said, "I bet you don't think I got guts...
...Indian fighting like the palm of his hand. He loved a wild financial gamble, but he could change overnight into a sober storekeeper and patient farmer. A capable lawyer and a judge, he pored for hours over classic volumes on military strategy, kept a string of race horses, fought pistol duels for Rachel's honor and full-scale battles (New Orleans) for his country's. Small wonder that when, to top it all, he was inaugurated President, a mob of his admirers gate-crashed the White House (and soiled the rugs and chairs with their muddy boots), trying...
...tender and the baggage car, shutting off the airbrake line (this meant that no one would be able to stop the train by pulling the emergency brake). As Konvalinka got back into his cab and started the train, Truksa followed him into the cab. He whipped out his pistol and trained it on the fireman, a Communist, and ordered him to lie face down on the floor...
Cool & Collected. In Memphis, two hoodlums held up the Southern United Ice & Coal Co. at pistol point and walked out with...