Word: volleys
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...screamed, and when it was withdrawn this time he was ready to confess. He was with Townes, he sobbed, when Townes poked a shotgun through the grocery window, fired into the grocer's back. When his confession was delivered in sufficient detail, the lynchers fell back and a volley of bullets crashed into Bootjack McDaniels, 1937's lynching victim...
...wrecked the meeting hall. Looking for more C. I. O. meetings, the mob crossed the Kansas line. One section went to Treece, wrecked the C. I. O. headquarters there, another went on to Galena, marched up Main Street. As they came abreast of the C. I. O. headquarters, a volley of shots broke their ranks. When the sheriff got there he found nine Tri-Staters writhing in the street, C. I. O. headquarters deserted, no one to charge with the shooting...
...their quills less breakable. Three birds, four bats, tapes, a net, and a place to put them are full badminton equipment. With the net stretched 5 ft. high, across a court 44 by 20 ft., procedure and purposes are similar to tennis except that every shot must be a volley. Scoring is like squash. When the momentum given it by the racquet is spent the bird does not drop like a ball but parachutes to the floor. Hence, retrieving is the most important part of the game and badminton, much easier to learn than tennis, is more taxing to play...
...Cattleman Tomas Manrique was found by pass ers-by and bundled off to a hospital. There he explained that after having been falsely arrested for stealing 50 head of cattle, he was set free in a deserted spot. Before Tomas Manrique had taken three steps toward liberty, a rattling volley cracked. He expected to make ley de juga history by recovering...
...respected man, was addicted to cards and profane language, kept a crucifix in his apartments to curb his tongue. Once, in one of Christendom's great moments, he became so incensed at a partner at cards that he signaled to have the crucifix removed, let loose such a volley of oaths that his companions cried him down: "Holy Father, for God's sake, Holy Father!" So, at least, writes Valerie Pirie in The Triple Crown, a lively account of the Papacy published last month (Putnam...