Word: volleyings
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...Leaning on a cane, hook-nosed Fernand de Brinon, former Vichy representative to German-occupied France, limped to an execution post at the Fort de Montrouge, outside Paris. A volley from the firing squad ended...
...descent, was swept into his unpaid office in 1941 on a clean-out-the-Reds ticket. During the war, when few unions changed their leadership, there were only muffled rumblings of dissent, chiefly from left-wingers. But this year, with Murray coming up for renomination or rejection in June, volley and thunder have come at him from right as well as left...
...Volley Ball...
...White Horse. Time & again Washington tried to rally his ragged men, now in ragged ranks. Finally, riding a big white horse,*he exposed himself between the lines, inviting obedience -or death. For a moment the fate of the Continental Army hung in excruciating suspense. Each side fired a volley. When the smoke from the muskets lifted in the frosty air, Washington still bestrode his horse, unscathed. The Redcoats gave way. The victorious Americans carried their pursuit into Nassau Hall...
From the jail came a single shot. From the ridge rang a deafening volley. From everywhere all hell broke loose in the Friendly City...