Word: shots
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...insurrection. Later, he wired: "Since the shooting ended, life has settled down to trying to cover the Pan American Conference, which is five miles away, get stories written, and still be in the hotel before the 7 p.m. curfew. If you are out after that, you risk being shot first and identified later...
...Could Have Been . .." Meanwhile police scoured the neighborhood for clues. A woman had seen a man's dark figure running across Reuther's backyard after the shot. Three boys had seen someone leap into an automobile-a red 1947 or 1948 Ford sedan-and drive madly away. By calculating the angle of fire, the cops decided that the gunman was 5 ft. 6 in. tall and righthanded. But who was he? Why had he fired...
Received by Joseph Stalin, from the glassworkers at the Sklara Poremba factory (who are either brave or humorless) : a crystal ball. Stalin shot it along to the Museum of the Revolution...
...Pudgy hammer-thrower Jim Burnham has broken the Dartmouth record in his event this spring and last week he won the Penn Relays hammer throw at about 171 feet. He may scare Sam Felton into hitting 180 feet today. Felton broke the Harvard record two weeks ago with a shot of 175 feet, 2 inches. This competition, plus the Kimball versus Pat McCormick duel in the 120 high and 220 low hurdles should provide the most spectator interest this afternoon...
...sprinters were joined by Harvey, Kelsey, who ran a 21-flat 220 for Princeton last spring and is now in the Busy School here. He'll work out with Jaakko for the rest of the spring and if he gets down under 21 seconds, he may take a shot at the Olympic sprint trials...