Word: pistoling
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...helped convince a Chicago jury that it should acquit Escobedo of unlawful use of weapons. Last March, as he was sitting in his car outside a restaurant where one of his friends got into a brawl, Danny himself was arrested for disorderly conduct and charged with having a loaded pistol under the front seat. But, testified Danny, he had lawfully bought the gun in his own name, and was simply transporting it. Besides, it was broken into four parts, wrapped in a rag under the seat, and therefore was a non-weapon...
...deck for greater precision, thus become vulnerable not only to a dense cloud of flak but also to small-arms fire. Such ground fire takes an even heavier toll than do the surface-to-air missiles that bristle around major targets. "Every farmer over there, I bet, has a pistol or a rifle," says Air Force Major Edward E. Williams, a veteran of the bombing war against North Viet Nam. In dogfights with Red MIGS, though, the U.S. has a 26-to-6 edge...
...thirst. It was her habit to spend the eve of battle walking around on her knees-a kinetic form of prayer-sometimes anointing herself with fireplace ashes. From these rituals, Carry apparently drew prodigious strength. While raiding the Senate Bar in Topeka on Feb. 5, 1901, she disarmed a pistol-toting bartender (his two shots missed) and pulverized a $500 back-bar mirror. When an iron cash register stood proof against her hatchet, she lifted it overhead, carried it outside and smashed it on the street...
...watches the ground rush up to meet him or tastes the steel of a pistol-while another gives a shrug, takes a drink, or develops a manageable neurosis-is an enigma that has only recently received serious examination...
...severest critics by utterly demolishing the man who was supposed to be his toughest challenger: Cleveland ("Big Cat") Williams. Granted, Williams, at 33, was nearly ten years older than Clay, and he was not exactly intact; in 1964, a .357 magnum bullet from a Texas state trooper's pistol had ripped through his stomach, costing him a kidney. But at 6 ft. 2 in. and 210 Ibs., he was still a genuine tough guy - with a record of 51 knockouts and 65 victories in 71 pro fights. "Williams has the essential of a real champion - a punch," said...