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...stray gunshots, but because a parade of plump pheasants may suddenly appear in the path of a passing Jeep. Says an American officer: "Those birds are so fat they have a hard time getting off the ground. I could set my limit in a day with just a slingshot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Peaceful Coexistence in Korea | 4/10/1978 | See Source »

First round contestants also had to battle a barrage of giant balloons from a slingshot of surgical tubing set up by the Glee Club...

Author: By Daniel Gil, | Title: Sundry Crews Float and Win, Sink and Swim in Adams Race | 5/10/1976 | See Source »

...expect the tiny state of Israel to ward off the combined attack of 20 Arab states, the Soviet Union and her satellites without the Bomb is like having had David tackle an army of Goliaths without the slingshot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forum, May 3, 1976 | 5/3/1976 | See Source »

...passing cloud. It also depends on technique. Speed is generated by the piston power of the leg; the deeper the racing crouch the greater distance the piston can extend. Arms play no part, except on the turns, when racers swing them metronomically to develop what they call "the slingshot" effect. Skates are a streamlined amalgam of 16-in. blades and ankle-high boots of soft kangaroo leather...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Short Guide to All the Action | 2/2/1976 | See Source »

...Pierre Blaise), still in his teens, works in a hospital ward. The cries and murmurs of pain from the wounded cause him to turn toward the window, to the summer sunlight. He sees a bird in a nearby tree, singing, and with a certain glee, kills it with his slingshot. It is almost a reflexive action, without real significance to Lucien...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Corruption's Toys | 10/14/1974 | See Source »

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