Word: shoot
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...exception of a very few, all children's shows on the current TV programs seem to be composed of nothing but gangsters, tough cowboys, blustering, blood & thunder pictures which give every child from Maine to Louisiana the idea that it is right and honorable and pure heroism to shoot and kill in cold blood. At the tender age of four years, my daughter has a well-established idea that it is nice to shoot people...
...security officer, Captain Walter R. Leahy, who had sensed trouble as soon as he saw the work party approaching Compound 92, rushed to the scene, waved a white flag, ordered the South Koreans not to shoot and pleaded with 92's inmates to stop throwing stones. Captain Leahy was hit by three or four stones, one of which struck him in the face and knocked him down. When he regained his senses, the South Korean guards were shooting through the wire. It was soon over; but twelve of Compound 92's Communists were killed, 26 wounded. Said...
...have not been corrupt," insisted one honest Shanghai druggist. "I don't care how long you investigate. You can shoot me if you like, but I am not going to confess." It did him no good. The "masses present," said Shanghai's Communist Liberation Daily, merely became angry; they demanded his arrest anyway. "Thus was one more stubborn tiger sniffed out and exterminated...
...pistol. Then she faced Sacchi, took aim and fired. "It sounded just like the popping of another cork," remembers one of the bystanders. A moment later, Pia aimed the gun at her own temple and pulled the trigger once again. But the gun misfired. "It won't shoot," screamed...
...next year's prospects, Dick Manning, the six foot, four inch center, probably has the best chance among the freshmen to start on the varsity. Wilson completely revamped Manning's game this fall, teaching him to shoot from the outside instead of from the pivot where he played in high school. Manning's greatest ability lies in his rebounding, as shown by the fact that he took the ball off the boards 193 times this season in 16 games, several of them against taller opponents...