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Word: shooting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Once again, a strong varsity second half rally was unable to produce a victory. Springfield concentrated a tight defense on John Rockwell and Ed Smith, and forced the Varsity to shoot from outside...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Springfield Stops Quintet, 59-55, With Late Splurge | 12/21/1949 | See Source »

...student drama society, the Acting Class, made its debut yesterday with a performance of short scenes from Molnar, Shaw, and Wilder. The group, an off-shoot of the Dramatic Club, presented the episodes in the Fogg Large Room...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Theater Body Organizes to Teach Acting | 12/21/1949 | See Source »

...Georgetown to pile up a 31 to 18 lead by the half, and failing to make a second period drive pay off. The Hoyas put two tell men on John Rockwell and Ed Smith, who have been doing most of the scoring for the varsity, and forced it to shoot from outside...

Author: By Paul W. Mandel, | Title: Hoyas Hand Quintet Second Defeat | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

...reach "escape velocity," the space ship's fuel must be used as economically as possible, and the efficiency of a rocket motor depends on the speed of the exhaust gases. Lewis calculated that a space ship carrying half its total weight in fuel would have to shoot out its exhaust gases at 9.95 miles a second...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Rockets Up & Down | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

...favor on this means of getting in touch with people on the other side of the barrier," he declared. "They have the idea that it will be construed as an invasion of sovereignty by the Russian government. Through some queer quirk of diplomatic reasoning, it is no invasion to shoot our words across on electromagnetic waves in the other, but it is not quite cricket to send printed material across. That's a little too unconventional. In some way it is rather raw. It is not in accordance with the niceties of diplomatic practice...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Senator Flanders Discusses War, Peace in Godkin Finale | 12/9/1949 | See Source »

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