Word: volleyings
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Hall's volley might have warned Butler. But he was still going strong two days later. In Kansas City with Harry Truman, Butler said it is "a sincere regret to me that [Ike] has seemed unable to bring to the task of civil government the qualities that made him such a renowned military leader...
...rosy glow has been whipped away by the ic political winds the Republicans now feel; reports from the states indicate a Democratic victor tomorrow. In a last minute attempt to win the margin his party needs, Vice President Nixon has been beating the campaign drum with a volley of irresponsible charges, shuttling about the country crying that the Democrats are "soft on communism." The pundits who thought the purge of McCarthy meant a return to sanity now see the Senator returning in the robes of the Vice-President...
Where NBC had put its big money on a one-star bombshell, CBS loosed a volley of diamond-tipped arrows: The Best of Broadway, a new, monthly, one-hour drama series in color with all-star casts...
...Fire!" shouted the troop commander, and the riflemen shot point-blank into the massed, unarmed students. By the time the volley ended, nine students and two bystanders had been killed; dozens were wounded (see NEWS IN PICTURES). The paraders fled. Still a mystery at week's end was the answer to the question: Who fired the fatal first shot...
...enemy-infested territory. Amidst exploding land mines, mortar fire and whining snipers' bullets, Capa sat in the front of the jeep, a thermos of iced tea and a jug of cognac at his side, Nikon and Contax cameras around his neck. Often the column was stopped by a volley of bullets or an exploding mine. Every time, Capa jumped out and snapped pictures as French soldiers searched for the source of the gunfire...