Word: shoulder
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...self-loading infantry rifle perfected by General Thompson was last week awarded the British War Office prize of $15,000 and will now be tried generally throughout the British Army. A rifle for each soldier to carry, to fire aimed shots from the shoulder without pausing to reload, the Thompson self-loader differs from a machine gun in that the trigger is pulled for each shot instead of held down for a continuous stream of lead. Rid of the necessity for bolting a new cartridge into the firing chamber between shots, as in hand-loading rifles, a soldier...
...When he too loudly voices his suspicions, Dot Rendell is compelled to admit that she, not Mrs. Blake, occupied the danger post in the south room. Her happy husband cheerfully goes on believing in her innocence. Only when pique has driven her to the point of desperation does he shoulder his obligation to be indignant. His wife, satisfied, then surprises some members of the audience with the information that an effective interruption had occurred in the south room just before the moment of going to press...
...University diamond forces are still without the services of R.C. Sullivan '28, who has been absent from the lineup due to a lame shoulder. As a result, Coach F.G. Mitchell will send the same team into action as the one which smothered Trinity Wednesday. J.N. Barbee '28 will receive the call for pitching duty in today's contest in what will be the first appearance of the veteran Crimson moundsman on the home diamond. Barbee has seen service twice this season, in the games with Virginia and Georgetown during the spring trip. Harvard won these two contests...
RAINBOW ROUND MY SHOULDER-Howard W. Odum-Bobbs-Merrill...
...rainbow tied round my shoulder...