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Earl Durand watched the posse come up the canyon and cautiously encircle his hideout. After a time, two riflemen (Orville Linabary, 42; Arthur Argento, 46) started across a clearing directly toward him. They had their nerve with them. He let them come within 50 paces, then quickly gave them each a bullet in the belly. None of the other possemen dared show himself, not even to get the dead. The canyon fell silent. Day died...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Beloved Enemy | 4/3/1939 | See Source »

...narrow margin of 764-761 the Varsity Rifle team edged the Boston University gunners yesterday. Heading the Crimson riflemen was William L. Hyde '41 with a score of 150 while Don French of B. U. was high scorer for the meet with...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Riflemen Edge B. U. | 3/21/1939 | See Source »

Facts have shown that Saint Gandhi's hunger pain is mightier than the sword; native riflemen have not got a fraction of the concessions from Britain that Saint Gandhi's torturing fasts have. But last week's fast was more serious than previous ones because Saint Gandhi's blood pressure was higher than it ever had been before and he was consequently more likely to die than ever before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: Unto Death | 3/13/1939 | See Source »

...poorer showings of the year, the Harvard riflemen lost to the M. I. T. sharpshooters by the score of 1352 to 1286, at the range of the winners...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Riflemen Defeated By MIT in One-Sided Match | 3/9/1939 | See Source »

...disheartening revelation of the Taft book is how much of their unpretentious but now invaluable work has been carelessly lost; almost as great a revelation is the amount that survives. Samples : a covered-wagon caravan forming a wide circle for the night; the U. S. mail-coach with riflemen atop it, leaving muddy Salt Lake City...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Sun Picture Historians | 10/17/1938 | See Source »

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