Word: shots
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...member of the crew of the U.S.S. Denver, and after 15 years was surprised to hear she had the honor of firing the first shot in the Leyte landings. She also participated in the Battle of Surigao Strait, which I recall quite vividly, as the entire ship was at general quarters all night, it was hotter than I can ever recall, and the night entailed a good deal of work for the crew in handling hundreds of rounds of ammunition when the ships in our task force opened up rapid salvo fire on the unsuspecting Japanese. In surveying the results...
...last week's election of top state officers, Kentucky Democrats crushed the Republicans under a mountain-sized landslide that shot tremors through the remaining GOProvinces in the farm belt...
...duty, come out like men and keep your mouths shut." With 23 cases to consider, the khaki-clad farmers and paper-mill workers returned 17 indictments. Notably missing: indictment of lynch-law executioners of Mack Charles Parker, Negro rape suspect dragged from the unguarded Poplarville jail last April and shot to death...
...note of martyred scholarship, the bow of punctilio to humble assistants ("My thanks to Mr. F. L. Peters at the Information Booth at Grand Central"). And there is the jacket blurb from a fellow authority in the field: "'The most exciting twenty-four hours since the day I shot Jim Bishop'-A. Lincoln...
Right wing Dick McIntosh began the late-game onslaught with a crossing shot that narrowly missed. Inside Tadgh Sweeney and left wing Larry Ekpebu followed with good, hard kicks, but Michel blocked both attempts. McIntosh then sent a beautiful pass right across the mouth of the goal, but Michel made an outstanding grab before the varsity forwards could reach the ball...