Word: quickly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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BERTHA GODFREY is a quick-tempered housewife from Tallapoosa Co., Ala. When a white woman's car smashed into hers and the police chief who investigated the accident said it was her fault, she snapped at him, "Just because I'm a Negro woman you want to treat me like this...
...tables. Ray the Shark, middleaged, middle class, Middle West, peeks at cards, puffs cigar, rubs lucky shirt, peeks again and draws another card. Blackjack! Adrenaline pumping, grinning beatificially, he multiplies his bets-and loses. Wife appears, her palms covered with grey metallic sheen from feeding coins to slot machines. "Quick," he whispers, "I'm hot. Give me the money I told you not to give...
Based on instinct-shooting techniques developed by a Georgia snuff salesman and trick shot named Bobby Lamar ("Lucky") McDaniel, 41, the Quick Kill method was developed for the Army by McDaniel's former business associate, Promoter Mike Jennings, 50, a dabbler in horse races, prize fights and shooting matches. Behind the method is the same principle that a small boy instinctively adopts in a game of Cowboys and Indians. When he sights his foe, he flicks his index finger toward him and, without really aiming, hollers "Bang! You're dead!" His hand is an extension...
Though few Quick Kill graduates have yet reached Viet Nam, Colonel Koob is certain that their training will pay off in combat. It has certainly paid off in enthusiasm. One Benning non-com claimed last week that recruits actually sprinted back from a ten-minute break to be in time for BB-gun drill...
...temptation to retaliate in kind is powerful, but with rare exceptions the Americans are resisting it. Fewer than a dozen U.S. atrocities have been reported and verified, and when they have been, the administration of justice has been quick and firm...