Word: targets
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Italy has really made nothing more than a raid, not a war. Hardly good target practice was afforded at the bombardment of Tripoli, for the palace is so long that no sighting right or left is necessary to hit it. And, anyway, there was no resistance, for the Turks went away, leaving their banner flying and the Italians firing. A war with the forces of Turks in Tripoli would be a force if both armies were on an equal footing, but the control of necessary supplies by the Turkish army renders matters dangerous for the Italians. The terrible heat...
...interesting event, designed to show the possibilities of the aeroplane in time of war, in addition to the bomb-dropping contest, was the flight of Lieutenant Fickel, who shot with a rifle at a target from a Curtiss biplane piloted by Willard...
...Harvard Rifle and Pistol Club was defeated by the University of Pennsylvania on Thursday evening by the score of 459 to 432, out of a possible 500. Each team shot at home and sent its targets to its opponent for comparison in scoring. Every man had 50 shots, standing, at a 50-yard target and 50 shots, prone, at 75 yards distance, G. A. Smith of Pennsylvania made the best score, with 97 out of a possible...
...season rule which is now in force. The ineffectiveness of that rule in its failure to prevent some cases of over-athleticism, and the injustice which it works to our teams in other cases by putting unnecessary restraint on able athletes, have long made it the target of reasonable attack...