Word: windshield
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...they've come pretty close sometimes. Look at that. See right along the middle of that finger where that scar is. I got that one night out on the road. Yeah a bunch of 'feds' were chasing me and one of them took a shot. It broke the windshield of my car and grazed my fingers, but I got away all right. Guess I was just more of a fool on the sharp corners than they were...
Included in the collection of Matisse's works are "Odalisque," 1924; "The Spaniard," 1909; "Head," 1920; and "Windshield," 1924. There are also many lithographs and drawings which will occupy a less important place in the exhibition...
...Middletown, N. Y., one Fred Segda drove his car head on into another car driven by one Charles Weis. Mr. Segda was catapulted through his own windshield, over the hoods, through Weis's windshield, into Mr. Weis...
...sawing at his horses' mouths, shouting bristling Bulgarian obscenities in a voice like the ripping of an oak plank. Finally with his horses but not his temper under control, the farmer pulled a big, black, Balkan pistol from his waistband, punctuated his curses with bullets. Shots riddled the windshield and the rear windows of the Liaptcheff car. Only by sliding prudently to the floor did Bulgaria's Prime Minister keep his skin whole...
...rumrunner opened revolver fire on the two customs men in No. 1401. Sharply the U. S. agents returned the fire, forced the rumrunner to veer about, retreat toward the international line. No. 1401 gave chase up along Belle Isle under a peppery rain of bullets. Its windshield was splintered to bits, its bow bored in with leaking holes, its engine damaged. A final volley came from the rumrunner as it slipped away to hiding in the Canadian marsh. No. 1401 had to chug back to its dock for repairs...