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...same time offer something for everyone, and Verhoeven knows it. In one of the most crass scenes in the film, de Vries strips for Müntze, and he appears to get an erection under the sheets. She uncovers him only to find him clothed and wielding a pistol, after which he interrogates her at gunpoint. The examination, however, pains him as much as it scares her. Why? He loves her, duh! But all the while, the viewer—at least this viewer, anyway—can’t help but notice that he’s fondling...

Author: By Kyle L. K. Mcauley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Black Book | 4/13/2007 | See Source »

...Reinado's men deny shooting first, saying a machine gun in the helicopter fired into the house, forcing them outside. Ramos-Horta has claimed that one or more of the rebels fired at the approaching soldiers and were shot down. Barros and other residents say they heard pistol shots before the heavier weapons began firing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Manhunt: The Raid On Reinado | 3/8/2007 | See Source »

...Perese ’09, the Harvard Shooting Club—founded in 1883 but on hiatus since 2002—is shooting to become an active organization once again. Sharply dressed (and belying his sharp-shooting skills), Perese said that all new members will first be trained in pistol and rifle safety under National Rifle Association guidelines, and then progress to skeet and trapshooting at the Fin Fur Feather Club in Millis, Mass. His goal is “promoting sportsmanship and exercising our Second Amendment right to bear arms.” Perese acknowledged that some oppose...

Author: By Kaoru Takasaki, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: I Went To Cambridge And All I Got Was Shot | 2/7/2007 | See Source »

...Pistol Pete is hoping to serve up a comeback. Sampras is set to play in the Outback Champions Series in May--the 14-time Grand Slam winner's first tournament since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What's Next: Feb. 12, 2007 | 2/1/2007 | See Source »

...lead a group of Peoples Temple defectors out of the cult's Jonestown, Guyana, headquarters in 1978, Larry Layton joined him at the last minute. Later, when a truckload of Peoples Temple members ambushed and killed the Congressman and four others at a nearby airstrip, Layton pulled a pistol and wounded two would-be defectors. Within hours, Cult Leader Jim Jones led 912 of his followers in a grisly mass murder--suicide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: American Notes Dec 15 1986 | 1/26/2007 | See Source »

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