Word: pistoling
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...gathered about a small country store at Tehula. He asked one of them, Henry Randle, 27, what he meant by "whooping." The Negro denied any whooping, witnesses reported, and the sheriff cursed and struck him. When Randle raised his arm to ward off the blows, the sheriff drew his pistol and yelled, "Get going!" As Randle ran off, Sheriff Byrd reportedly shot him in the thigh...
...lined with a military honor guard, the visitors rode to the President's Guest House, where they were quartered while in Washington. On Constitution Avenue, banners flapped gaily− except for the half-masted flag of South Carolina. Thus did his home state honor the late Jack Peurifoy, pistol-packing U.S. Ambassador to Guatemala who helped negotiate the cease-fire between anti-Communist Revolutionary Castillo Armas and the pro-Red forces he defeated in June...
...Firing from 75 ft. at a bull's-eye only 1⅓ inches wide, White House Policeman William S. Crawford scored 289 points out of a possible 300 to win the William Randolph Hearst international pistol tournament and earn a letter of com mendation from Dwight D. Eisenhower, the man whose life his marksmanship is meant to protect...
...girls in their tight slit dresses and the boys in custom-made pistol pants, the "school is a clubhouse, a place of amusement, a convenient place for getting cheap lunches, meeting friends." It is also the haven of the problem child, to whom some schools become completely geared. "He is petted, excused, and studied out of all proportion. He is the man of the hour, and he knows it ... I think that many children made themselves problem children simply because they saw how important they could become...
...cabana beside the swimming pool had been broken open. On the day of Mrs. Baker's party the Woodwards decided to arm themselves against future prowlers, and went to the game room to choose their weapons. From Woodward's gun collection Ann selected a shotgun, Bill a pistol (which was found in his room...