Word: shoot
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...vanguard of forces based on foreign soil." The plot, whether real or fancied, was convenient, and it roused the regime's supporters to demands for action. The Communist chief of the peasants' union called on his followers to be ready to join a rural militia to shoot antiCommunists. And Communist Congressman César Montenegro Paniagua proclaimed that Guatemala would never need concentration camps. If the opposition should rise, he explained, "we will cut off the heads of all anti-Communists...
...course of time Earthquake, much better at flying than walking, became so tired that he sat down on the ground, and all efforts to get him to resume the trek were of no avail. Threatened with being shot on the spot, he wearily motioned them to go ahead and shoot him - and didn't budge. It was uncertain what the attitude at head quarters would be, so a runner was dispatched for orders. When he returned, the bulky Earthquake was hoisted aloft and carried to prison by his diminutive captors...
...Next day the chiseling continued while El Malakh and a group of colleagues waited impatiently. At last the hole was big enough for him to peek inside. In the excitement he forgot to bring a flashlight, so he used a mirror (as the ancient Egyptians probably did) to shoot sunlight into the darkness...
...came to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Arch of Triumph. President René Coty-whose badge of office usually excites big applause -got only a scattering of handclaps. Premier Laniel's car rolled past and some shouted and hissed. "Send him to Dienbienphu," cried some. "Shoot him!" others shouted. Defense Minister René Pleven drew the same derision. "Resign! Resign!" some in the crowd chanted. Whether these shouts represented isolated outbursts or the common mood was hard to tell...
EASTERN AIR LINES, whose costs have been rising faster than its increase in passengers, will shoot for higher volume through more low-fare air-coach service. Starting next week, Eastern will increase coach planes from 22% to ,50% of its total flights, expects to boost the percentage...