Word: shooting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...fool. He declined to take this advice. Aides said he might celebrate Christmas on the 25th at the Westwall with the troops. Last week rustic Nazi pagan neighbors of the Fuhrer at Berchtesgaden announced that on Christmas Eve they will gather on the mountain crags above his snuggery "to shoot guns and pistols to frighten away the spirits of darkness...
...Churchill revealed that 1,000 British merchantmen have been armed to shoot in self-defense at U-boats, that "before long" 2,000 will be so armed. He pointed out that torpedo attack from beneath the surface "can only be delivered at a quarter of the speed that is possible to U-boats on the surface." Not all naval experts would agree. But of convoyed ships declared the First Lord, "less than one in 750 has been sunk...
...closely fought match, the highly touted Marine riflemen came from behind to edge the Varsity 916-896 last night. In order to win, however the Marines were forced to shoot their best score of the year...
...Biddeford, Me., members of the Stackpole family nailed big printed signboards to trees, warning hunters: "Don't shoot, it may be a Stackpole...
...rifle with a curved barrel, which a soldier could shoot from a trench without exposing himself...