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...family works on the ranch year-round, delivering calves, fixing fences and tending to the cows. During his free time, Scott is “addicted” to hunting. Although he started out at age 14 with guns, Scott now uses a homemade bow and arrow set to shoot antelope and deer on his family land. During the summers, he works for an area fly-fishing shop, which allows him to fish the North Platte River all day. Generally, he starts each day shooting English sparrows or starlings, aiming his .22 caliber rifle out of his bedroom window. Ironically...
...given match, Corl’s sizable weight disadvantage could prove disastrous for him—if he does not shoot his move quickly and deeply enough, his opponent is able to lean his weight on him and wear Corl...
Johnson, though at times tentative to shoot the puck, has seemed to benefit the most from the arrangement, with noticeable strides being seen week to week in his game...
...that was already a boiling pot. He was also a Presbyterian preacher, but not the type to turn the other cheek. In 1841, after a pro-slavery raiding party attempted to burn his house, he put forward a summation of his principles: "It is as much a duty to shoot the midnight assassin in his attacks as it is to pray...
...gang of armed men demanded to search her house for a runaway slave, the minister's wife Jean did not bat an eyelash. "If you do not hereafter keep away you will feel the force of powder and lead upon you," she told them. "If no one else would shoot you I would do it myself." Three cheers for muscular Christianity. --By Richard Lacayo