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Word: shotting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Cairo was no place for tourists this year, but, aside from one explosion near our quarters when some Arabs planted a bomb in a Jewish-owned department store, we made it safely out to the pyramids and back. Before we got to Rome, Communist Leader Togliatti had already been shot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Oct. 25, 1948 | 10/25/1948 | See Source »

During his stay in Antarctica on the "Operation High Jump," Foster shot over 20,000 feet for the movie. The show's cast consists for the 4,000 men from the U.S. Navy who sailed with Byrd. Robert Taylor, Robert Montgomery, and Van Heflin speak the commentary...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Veritas Member Filmed Fourth of 'The Secret Land' | 10/20/1948 | See Source »

...their power and prestige had slipped badly. For the impending elections to the Constituent Assembly, all other political groups had combined against them. Moreover, they were almost certain to be convicted of direct connection with the murder of La Prensa's right-wing Publisher Francisco Graña, shot down in front of his office. The Grana murder had been a political cause...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PERU: Aftermath | 10/18/1948 | See Source »

There is hardly a shot in the picture which fails to make the point that a really resourceful director is telling a story with the care and skill it deserves. Scene by scene, and shot by shot, the picture is almost wholly credible and pleasing. It is curious that such good moviemaking does not add up to more. One trouble may be that more talent and solemn care have gone into the show than the basic idea is worth. Also, loving attention to detail may have deprived the picture as a whole of form, drive and pace. It is still...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Oct. 18, 1948 | 10/18/1948 | See Source »

Perfectionists. Near Wolfsville, Md., C. Wesley Swope Jr., out practicing his imitation of squirrel chatter, was shot and wounded by C. Wesley Swope Sr., out squirrel hunting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Oct. 18, 1948 | 10/18/1948 | See Source »

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