Word: trigger
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...fiction. Last week a young Arizona novelist showed what happens when the legendary heroes of the Old West-men of the cast of Wyatt Earp or Doc Holliday-are examined with an understanding gained from Hemingway's studies of later desperadoes. They emerge as quick on the trigger as ever, but hard-up instead of heroic, dissatisfied, bewildered, trapped. Although they start shooting at the hint of an insult, they, too, eat dirt, have their human share of humiliations in the pursuit of women and wealth...
...territory of Andorra, the world's oldest republic, which nestles atop the Pyrenees between Spain and France, gathered in solemn conclave last week to decide whether to admit to their country a tough-mugged gentleman who styled himself Alex Abraham Sikorski, alias "Kid Tiger," onetime trigger man for Gangster Al Capone...
However, the Spanish Leftist Government, needing good trigger men, offered Mr. Sikorski haven in Barcelona, and French gendarmes escorted him to the international bridge to Puigcerda...
...Bobby Jones who was out with an injury. But a starting role against Princeton this Saturday is by no means assured him, and the chief obstacle in his way is his classmate, Rick Hedblom. Ever since their Freshman year, these two have been fighting it out at the trigger post. Russell has had the edge thus far in their careers but while he was benched this season, his rival has been storing up some valuable experience and acquitting himself well whenever given the opportunity. In fact right now it looks as though Hedblom may be leading in the center stakes...
...Laurier, Quebec. Lumberman Henri Chagnon became so annoyed when a fractured leg failed to heal that he stumped in on crutches to see his physician. Dr. Gustave Roy. Said Henri Chagnon drawing an ancient revolver: "Make your act of contrition. I am going to kill you." He pulled the trigger, his gun failed to go off, he went to jail...