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Word: shoot (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...asked him for his rank and appointment. His eyes glowed hate and impotent fury ... I decided, on second thought, to take him along . . . But he curtly refused to come with us, so, after summoning him three times to get in, there was nothing for it but to shoot him." Four years later, when Hitler bade Rommel poison himself, there was nothing for it but to swallow the poison...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Fox | 5/18/1953 | See Source »

Halted by a threat to shoot, three high school seniors were arrested yesterday morning by University police...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: College Police Arrest Trio for Yard Thefts | 5/11/1953 | See Source »

...road signs all over the U.S. touting Harold's. At the casino itself, Ray and his sons follow the best retailing traditions. They don't primarily want big gamblers, instead go after volume from the little fellow who has a few dollars to shoot. Just like any smart supermarket, Harold's tries to keep its customers on the move, tempting them with "impulse buying" gimmicks along...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GAMBLING: How to Win a Buck | 5/11/1953 | See Source »

Trapped between gunman and bomb, the captives sweat it out through all sorts of minor melodramatic outbursts: two of the hostages unsuccessfully try to knife and shoot the desperado (Stephen Mc-Nally); a doctor (Richard Egan) performs an emergency operation on the gunman's wounded pal (Paul Kelly); the doctor's spoiled wife (Alexis Smith) sees her lover (Robert Paige) shot to death; love comes to a hard-boiled nightclub entertainer (Jan Sterling) and a reporter (Keith Andes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, may 11, 1953 | 5/11/1953 | See Source »

...Ralph Townsend has 12 returning lettermen from the '52 squad, seven of them starters. Along with Starke, leading attack man Captain Bruce Van Dusen will be another for Bruce Munro's men to reckon with. Though he has been feeding and assisting on most of the scores, he can shoot very well from either side...

Author: By Walter W. Bregman, | Title: Local Ten Faces Strong Eph Team | 5/8/1953 | See Source »

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