Word: shooting
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...easy either, but more and more crude landing strips have appeared in rural areas in the South. One pair of hapless smugglers this month made it all the way into the U.S. only to land in a Florida pasture being used by local politicians for a turkey shoot. The pilot was promptly arrested. But for those who make it in safely, and most do, the payoff is high. A pilot can pocket $50,000 for one trip. Ten tons of marijuana, if landed safely, immediately becomes worth $6 million wholesale, making the trip profitable even if the old plane must...
...coming to the Clinton station are hankering for a taste of the venison the day's efforts have brought them. Says a man as he lashes his deer across the rear deck of a Ford sedan and wipes some blood off a fender: "I like the ones I shoot myself even better." But some admit that eating is not a significant factor. "There are cheaper ways of putting food on the table," an elderly man explains as he and a friend unload a pair of deer. "Hunting is one of the few things you can do these days that...
...Pittstown, slides down out of a van and watches closely as Carlson checks his deer. So does his companion, an ardent deer hunter and gun-dog breeder who has been taking him hunting for the past four years and who, it turns out, taught him how to shoot. But not, presumably, to talk dirty. Most New Jersey hunters may have spent opening day with the boys. Pat Hulbert went gunning with his mother...
Harvard's pressing, overplaying defense led to repeated Crusader layups. Perry chose to shoot, drive or pass totally according to what the defense allowed him. "I'm not gunning to be the leading scorer in the game," he said, "I want my scoring to come in the context of us winning the game. Our guys inside were making good baskets tonight. I can't stress how important that...
...excitement on the night of Dec. 28 as Harvard Shocked everyone, battling Arizona State to a 67-67 tie at the end of regulation time. Only a 20-ft. Johnny Nash jumper with no time showing on the clock kept Arizona State alive, forcing the tie and an overtime shoot...