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Word: shots (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Next morning two young farmers found Hill's body, face downward in the sandy Georgia roadside, near Big Sandy Creek. He had been shot through the head and body. Roused, Sheriff Hatcher was amazed: "I thought, could it be they'd come and got my prisoner? I ran upstairs and sure enough, Hill was gone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE SOUTH: Death of Picky Pie | 6/13/1949 | See Source »

...Torah," he protested, "does not forbid polygamy." Glaring at his Mapai colleague, he shot back: "We don't recognize it as immoral to keep wives at home. It is immoral to have one wife at home and a few other wives on the outside...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ISRAEL: Perquisites for Polygamists | 6/13/1949 | See Source »

Past performance figures (only first places will count in the scoring) give Harvard-Yale an edge in the pole vault, high jump, shot put, 100, mile, 880, and 220 low hurdles; the Britishers appear superior in the 440, 220, broad jump, two mile, and 120 high hurdles. No times are available for speculation on the 440-yard sprint relay...

Author: By Stephen N. Cady, | Title: Pencil Gives Harvard-Yale Margin Over British Team | 6/11/1949 | See Source »

Commencement crowd or no, Yale will probably do the scoring for the Americans. Wade, pole vaulter, George Appel, the Hipple twins in the high jump, and shot putter Jim Fuchs are the Eli headliners...

Author: By Stephen N. Cady, | Title: Pencil Gives Harvard-Yale Margin Over British Team | 6/11/1949 | See Source »

Fuchs put the 16-pound shot 56 feet, 11 1/2 inches last week in the New York Met meet. Michigan's world record-holder Chuck Fonville is the only athlete who has bettered that distance. Appel has vaulted 14 feet, Wade has run a 4:13 mile, and the freshman Hipple twins, who high jump in their bare feet, generally get up around 6 feet, 2 inches...

Author: By Stephen N. Cady, | Title: Pencil Gives Harvard-Yale Margin Over British Team | 6/11/1949 | See Source »

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