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Word: shoot (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...records show that hustle and not skill has brought results, however. Against the Terriers the "white" line scored four of the six goals and the two lines played for approximately an even amount of time. Both lines have a tendency to pass too much and shoot too little, but Munro has been working on half-field practice all week in an effort to correct this...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Revamped Soccer Team To Face Williams Today | 10/13/1951 | See Source »

Milton coach Warren Koehler admitted that the Orange and Blue has no outstanding stars like last year's captain and center forward, Whitney MacQuarrie, but admits that he has more linemen who can shoot well than ever before. Captain Ky Sylvester, Philip Perry, and Chauncey Bartholet are the inside trio. The wings are relatively green...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yardling Booters Play Starless Milton Away | 10/10/1951 | See Source »

...Brisbane liked the bantam gamecock's looks, got him released, and took him along to meet the auto magnate. On hearing Brisbane's account of the battle, Ford told 24-year-old Harry Bennett: "I can use a young man like you at the Rouge . . . Can you shoot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TYCOONS: Life with Henry | 10/8/1951 | See Source »

Ford, a crack shot, always carried a gun, and liked to shoot at a target in Bennett's office. When this bored Ford, he would cry "Let's wake Cowling up!" and start shooting at a metal ball in the ceiling light fixture. It always scared the daylights out of Sales Manager W. C. Cowling, who had the office above. Bennett, a sharpshooter himself, once blasted a bad-smelling cigar out of the mouth of a visitor who ignored his request...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TYCOONS: Life with Henry | 10/8/1951 | See Source »

...when he sneaks back to dip into the till, his ex-boss traps him. In the scuffle, the storekeeper is killed and Johnson is sentenced to hang. Bamu deserts him, of course. But Johnson's last request is granted. Rather than hang, he asks the District Officer to shoot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Blithe Spirit | 10/8/1951 | See Source »

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