Word: shots
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...cigaret by a bullet. Annie Oakley obliged. Queen Victoria sent her a signed photograph. Prince Edward (VII) of Wales presented her on the grounds of the London Gun Club, where she was the first woman ever allowed to shoot, and gave her a medal inscribed: "You are the greatest shot I ever saw." His son, George V, himself a crack marksman, later tendered a similar medal...
...University Seconds, J. Monroe, Brown quarterback, caught a punt. He was standing on his own 15-yard line at the time, and two tacklers were close upon him. Quick as a flash, Monroe took a half-step forward almost into the arms of his foes, twisted and turned and shot toward the side-lines. Falling in behind perfect interference, he ran the 85 yards to the winning touchdown without a hostile hand being laid upon him. The final score...
...tiger. The enormous feline, striped with jungle shadow, smelled the trembling rodent in Trainer Wilson's pocket. Wilson was his friend, the rat his enemy. He stalked the rat, knocked Wilson down, struck savagely at the rat, wounded Wilson's side, tore Wilson's shoulder, was shot by zoo assistants. Wilson, wounded, recovered. The rat, unhurt, died of fright...
...China, Japan, India wonder why we who would teach them have slaughtered each other in thousands, why we refuse to hold all races equal in our countries, why we will not hear both sides of questions. . . . We ask ourselves what is next, and we have no next. We have shot our bolt...
After a few minutes it became merely a question of how many points the Army would make. Once McGunigle, Yale back, got near enough to try a long shot for a field goal; it went astray, and for the rest of the game desperate Yale plungers bounced off Army linesmen, sombre-caped cadets sang "Army's Day," and an Army team, emphatically a unit, swept over Yale's goal line to pile up a score...