Word: shots
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Eleven German workmen entered Paris. They had been invited, yet no sooner had they arrived than shooting began. The Germans defended themselves, shot back with great accuracy. Three of their shots found a mark-the goal of a French workmen's soccer team. The German goal, at the other end of the field in the Buffalo Velodrome, came off unscathed. It was the first Franco-German sporting event (outside the Rhineland) since the Armistice. Said despatches: "Ten thousand Frenchmen cheered the winners. There was no hissing...
...born in Scotland, in 1875, at Perth, of an old Border family. His mother was a cousin of Mr. Gladstone. Mr. Buchan regards writing as his avocation. He was called to the English bar in 1901. He has seen duty in South Africa-both worked and shot big game there. He has collaborated in writing a legal textbook on taxation of foreign income. He is partner in Thomas Nelson & Sons, one of the largest publishing houses in the world. Nor has he escaped politics; he once stood for his county as Unionist candidate for Parliament. His War career was brilliant...
...Western Conference game of the week, Ohio State and Iowa spent an afternoon bunting, barging, bucking, kicking, passing-and the score was 0-0. Michigan University and the Michigan Aggies seemed about to come to a like concluson when, as dusk came down, a 33-yard pass shot into Aggie territory, a Michigan end touched down...
...murdered at all. We laughed too--just as long and loud as we could--but we fear the man next to us looked a bit skeptical, as we have faint recollections of having grabbed him violently by the left leg (merely for support, of course) after the first revolver shot had been fired. To relieve the general feeling of uneasiness in the audience further a soprano came out between the acts with "What Do You Do Sunday, Mary"--which didn't make us feel a bit better. She was rewarded with a big bunch of dahlias. At least they looked...
Last week he was shot. Blood has, apparently, washed out blood...