Word: skeets
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...wrong with killing as much small game in one day as I and a few friends could eat in the evening -- no more than that and always within the limits. On a good day I can break 24 targets out of 25 at trapshooting, and 22 or so at skeet, which is O.K. for an art critic...
...heard the plane as it was coming down," said Skeet Jackson. "Engines were backfiring and missing. It curved off to the left and crashed. And the I saw the ball of smoke and fire...
Even war does not get in the way. Lebanon sends (fittingly) a team of skeet and trapshooters. (On the TV news recently, the shooters complained?seriously?that they were not getting enough practice.) The Irelands unite North and South for a moment to create a single team. Astonishingly, the Koreas considered doing the same. They matter, these Games: to Belgium's cyclists, Argentina's single sculler, Holland's swimmers, the boxers from the Seychelles. India's field hockey team is out to prove something against Pakistan. Kenya's long-distance runners have things to prove to themselves. Cheers...