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Word: pistoling (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...BALLOU. The funniest if not the fastest gun in the West is Lee Marvin, a double-barreled delight in his portrayals of two desperadoes, one determined to help and one to hinder the schemes of a pistol-packing schoolmarm (Jane Fonda...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best Sellers: Jul. 30, 1965 | 7/30/1965 | See Source »

...BALLOU. The funniest if not the fastest gun in the West is Lee Marvin, a double-barreled delight in his portrayal of two desperadoes, one determined to help and one to hinder the schemes of a pistol-packing schoolmarm (Jane Fonda...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Jul. 23, 1965 | 7/23/1965 | See Source »

...celebrated are the two Trung sisters who mounted elephants to lead a revolt against Chinese overlords in 40 A.D. More recently, Madame Nhu carried the banner in Saigon toward the end of the Diem regime and thought it only proper that her sloe-eyed daughter, Le Thuy, receive a pistol for her 18th birthday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Viet Nam: Girls Under Fire | 7/23/1965 | See Source »

...better to shoot Viet Cong with, declared Madame Nhu, who knew only too well the uses that the V.C. were making of their own female stalwarts. One such is Kim Loan, a pistol-packing mama commanding a guerrilla company near Saigon, who occasionally slips into the town of Tan An for a hairdo. Other tools are the thousands of fishwives and fruitsellers in the market places of South Viet Nam's cities. Their vending stalls provide handy platforms for picking up information or passing propaganda and military messages...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Viet Nam: Girls Under Fire | 7/23/1965 | See Source »

Down in the Mekong Delta, the "Tiger Lady" of the 44th Battalion is Commander Le Van Dan's wife. Though the mother of seven, she has the rank of a master sergeant, totes a .45 pistol, often accompanies the battalion in battle-where she has won three medals for combat bravery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Viet Nam: Girls Under Fire | 7/23/1965 | See Source »

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