Word: shooting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Freshman rifle team will shoot its third match of the season this afternoon against New York Military Academy at the Boston Rifle and Revolver Club's range...
...enabled them to score two goals against the Crimson two weeks ago was noticeably lacking. The Yale defense appeared as strong as ever, but both Potts and Cole frequently lost the puck to the B. U. defense when, they went down the ice before they had a chance to shoot. The forwards also had considerable difficulty in keeping the disc on the end of their sticks, and the passing was woefully inaccurate...
...Horseshoe Bend, serving as an ensign, he was shot in the thigh with a barbed arrow. He ordered a soldier to pull it out, but the man couldn't, so he drew his pistol and threatened: "If you don't pull it out, I'll shoot you." When it was out he rushed back into the fray...
...iron bed. He broke into convulsive sobs while listening to the death sentence. Having recovered his composure, he expressed surprise, declaring he had made peace with the Soviet regime and addressed a petition to the Central Executive Committee, asking for a reprieve. He begged us not to shoot him until the executive's reply came. I informed him this was impossible, and took him to join Kolchak...
...When the moon completely covers the sun, at the height of the eclipse" he said, "there will still be rays shooting out around the edges of the moon, which are called the corona. The corona has approximately the same total light as that of the full moon. It is made up probably of great tongues of flame which shoot thousands of miles out into space, and are reflected by something in the air, the nature of which has not yet been determined...