Word: shotgun
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...line from Flannery O’Connor to the Drive-By Truckers, who distill a murky Southern legacy of incest, murder and generational family feuds. Decoration Day is less ambitious but ultimately more satisfying than their patchy double-disc breakthrough Southern Rock Opera, as the band better weaves their shotgun triple-guitar formula and continue to deliver their moonshine-soaked tales with equal bouts of irony and reverence. With no less than three capable songwriters at their disposal, the songs occasionally sound better off the lyric sheet than through speakers. But when the band get their pedal steel and acoustic...
...casualties and then retreating in a sufficiently organized manner that allowed for the evacuation of all of the dead fighters - certainly suggests the insurgents are not exactly on the ropes. Of course, the attempt of a lightly armed group to go head-to-head with an armored column riding shotgun on a consignment of banknotes does suggest, however, that the insurgents may be anticipating liquidity problems next January when the new dinar is introduced and the old Saddam banknotes hoarded in huge sums become worthless...
...started on its own 19-yard line facing a 32-16 deficit. Seven plays later, Harvard found itself with a first-and-goal at the Penn six-yard line. Fitzpatrick—consumed with a burning desire to communicate an audible to his wideouts—never saw the shotgun snap which hit him in the hip. But Penn’s Kevin Junge did, and he recovered the fumble to end the Crimson threat...
...with 11:39 remaining in the first quarter that was highlighted not by crisp passes from Fitzpatrick but by sharp runs by freshman tailback Clifton Dawson. The rookie gained 31 yards on five carries on the drive, including a 16-yard burst on a delayed rush out of the shotgun that set up the opening tally. Sophomore Ryan Tyler caught a pass along the left sideline for a six-yard gain and on the next play punched the ball in from the five to put the Crimson up 6-0 following senior kicker Adam Kingston’s botched extra...
After Brown tied the score at seven, Harvard responded by pounding downfield for 80 yards in eight plays. Coming out of the shotgun with four wide on third-and-thirteen, Fitzpatrick hit junior wide receiver Brian Edwards streaking past his defender down the middle for a 42-yard touchdown reception and a 14-7 lead...