Word: shelled
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...being used how by anti-war groups. A petition was sent to President Franklin D. Roosevelt '04 in May of 1940, reminding him "to bend his efforts toward securing peace and not war for America." More than 300 students signed the petition and sent with it a naval artillery shell, World War I vintage, for the President to use as a paperweight. The signers vowed "never, under any circumstances, to follow in the footsteps of the students...
...kangaroos, lizards and one lonely tree, an international team of roustabouts is drilling with intensity and anticipation. The Western Australian government last month declared Barrow to be an economically viable oilfield, expects that by 1968 it will be producing 20,000 bbl. daily for a group made up of Shell, Texaco, Standard Oil of California and Ampol, an Australian firm...
...down the dark street, from both sides, intense automatic fire raged. Five of us dived for cover into one courtyard, the others into an adjoining one. Outside in the street, a tremendous explosion resounded-either an M-79 grenade or a 60-mm. mortar shell. Three of the other newsmen, peering out a door, were wounded by blast fragments. UPI photographer Steve Van Meter asked an old man in a nearby building for some mosquito netting to bandage our wounded. The man shook his head. We offered him 500 piastres. Still no. With that Van Meter brushed the man aside...
...miles south, near San Diego. A food fancier, Miss Wiesendanger yens for the fresh green peas to be found around Half Moon Bay, 30 miles from her home. But she hops over to her favorite vegetable stand-and returns with the peas in less time than it takes to shell them...
...that are being used by anti-war groups. A petition sent to President Franklin D. Roosevelt '04 in May of 1940, remind him "to bend his efforts toward securing peace and not war for America." More than 300 students signed the petition and sent with it a naval artillery shell, World War I vintage, for the President to use as a paper weight. The signers vowed "never, under any circumstances, to follow in the footsteps of the students...