Word: shoots
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...indeed. Father and son shoot some grouse and a small mastodon, as the father recalls later, hook a 250-lb. fresh-water marlin, and reject as unworthy of their time and skill a unicorn whose horn is not made of gold...
Karefa-Smart began to protest, but another soldier put a hand on his soldier, and said, "Please don't argue, Doctor. We have orders to shoot you if you do." He went quietly...
...Faculty of Medicine and a close friend of Karefa-Smart. "Someone comes to you with a high fever, you give him antibiotics, and two days later, you have accomplished a minor miracle. It's dramatic. But if you walk into a village, line up 200 children, and shoot them with a vaccine, you're no hero...
...voice on the other end said, "Minister of Defense Marshal Rodion Malinovsky reporting." He went on to tell me that an American U-2 reconnaissance plane had crossed the border of Afghanistan into Soviet airspace and was flying toward Sverdlovsk. I replied that it was up to him to shoot down the plane by whatever means he could. Malinovsky said he'd already given the order, adding "If our antiaircraft units can just keep their eyes open and stop yawning long enough, I'm sure we'll knock the plane down." He was referring to the fact...
Harvard rows the best first 1000 of its entire season, 3 minutes flat into a headwind; the third 500 is slow but the Crimson leads the field and has beaten Penn psychologically. Northeastern pulls even with 200 meters to go and launches its sprint; they shoot by the exhausted Crimson, winning easily and extending Harvard's defeated streak to two. Juniors Bill Mahoney and Gene Lebarre stare uncomprehendingly at the Huskie boat which no one had even talked about during the season. Neither has ever won in the Sprints...