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Word: shots (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...strike's third fatality. The others: a Chicago striker run down by a truck which he tried to stop at the picket line; an East St. Louis picket, shot by a non-striker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Violent End | 5/31/1948 | See Source »

...Webster," the famed frog of Mark Twain's story, who could "get over more ground at one straddle than any animal of his breed you ever see," lost to another freshly caught frog when the rival owner filled Dan'l full of quail shot "pretty near up to his chin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: Americana, May 31, 1948 | 5/31/1948 | See Source »

...Spitfire ' plunged almost vertically toward the town. As it plummeted with the sun glinting on the wings, it seemed to twist slightly, giving the impression that the plane was out of control. Some Tel Avivians standing in the street began to clap their hands, thinking it had been shot down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDDLE EAST: On the Move | 5/31/1948 | See Source »

Polevaulter Gene Lockett, third-ranking man in the East this spring with a jump of 13 feet, is still hobbling around on the ankle he injured at West Point a couple of weeks ago. And large Geoff Tootell, who would probably have scored in the shot, is currently ineligible...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Hopes in IC4A Fizzle with Trimble Out | 5/27/1948 | See Source »

This week they found George Polk. His body, bound hand & foot, was found floating in the bay at Salonika. He had been shot in the back of the head...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Appointment in Salonika | 5/24/1948 | See Source »

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