Word: shoot
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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ACHESON : "We have opposed that . . . and opposed it very vigorously and very successfully . . . We cannot allow governments that want to get in the United Nations to shoot their way in. There are 46 organizations of the United Nations and its affiliated special agencies to which the Chinese might be admitted . . . The question has come up 77 times in these various 46 bodies. The vote has been against the admission 76 out of the 77 ... In regard to one case where the other case was taken, that was [later] reversed...
Said Conservative Gerald David Newnes Nabarro: "Is it not suicidal to continue to export to Russia . . . [equipment for] factories which are making armaments to send to the Chinese to shoot down our own troops in Korea...
Tourists visiting Niagara Falls will see something besides water and mist this summer. Last week work began on the biggest international hydroelectric project in history: a $157 million construction job which will divert part of the Niagara River's water around the falls, shoot it through a 5½-mile tunnel bored in solid rock 300 feet below the heart of Niagara Falls, Ont., and into a giant penstock to create 600,000 h.p. of electricity for fast-growing southern Ontario. The project, not to be confused with the much-debated St. Lawrence seaway, was approved in a treaty...
Keep Out of Trouble. Last week Patty Berg gave Babe something to shoot at. After slamming home an eagle 2 on the 372-yd. tenth hole, Patty finished with a sparkling 73, 2 over men's par. Babe heard about Patty's round on the 17th tee, knew that even to tie she needed a birdie and a par. She got them. She rammed in a birdie 4 on the 540-yd. 17th, got her par 4 on the 445-yd. 18th by reaching the green with a drive and a dazzling No. 2 iron shot. Final score...
...hero still has enough energy to reach town, discover the real murderer, shoot it out with him, lick his neurosis, win the girl. Being only human, audiences are likely to fatigue more readily than Marshal Douglas...