Word: shotguns
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...when they converged on the hideout on Friday morning, no one was there. Left behind were some clothing, boots, wigs for disguise and two boxes of shotgun shells...
...which the President is responsible" in his tax returns for 1969 through 1972. Declared Representative M. Caldwell Butler, a Republican member of the committee from Virginia, in a metaphor of dubious reassurance to the White House as it entered upon the crucial week: "The staff has put down its shotgun and picked up a rifle...
...that year: $76 million). They adopted a strategy of doing everything a bit differently from the Big Three. The most important decision was to concentrate on small cars, rather than offer a wide range of autos. "You capitalize on your strengths," explains Luneburg. "We are not shooting with a shotgun. We are shooting with a rifle...
...launcher tipped with a package of three independently targeted warheads that can hit widely separated, preplotted targets. Some Soviet missiles in operation then also had multiple warheads, but they were not independently targeted. When fired, they sprayed from the missile launcher along a straight line like pellets from a shotgun. In addition, though the Soviets had more missile-firing submarines, U.S. subs were quieter, making them harder to detect, and many of the American SLBMS carried from ten to 14 warheads each. As a further deterrent, the U.S. maintained three times as many long-range bombers as Russia...
...defendant in a recent Chicago trial was charged with carrying a sawed-off shotgun into a bar. His defense was that a companion, who had already pleaded guilty to a related offense, had also been the person holding the shotgun. Policemen who made the arrest stated flatly that they had seen the accused drop the shotgun and kick it away when they entered the saloon. Nonetheless, the jury voted for acquittal. Two weeks ago in Los Angeles, a policeman testified in a narcotics case that the defendant had indeed asked to see a search warrant, but had willingly admitted...