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The rest of his army is a miscellaneous rabble who have never seen war, and will run away when they hear the first shot fired.
Duke suddenly turned the plasma ray gun on Applewhite, flicked a switch, and fired.
Security forces fired water cannon and tear gas at protesters after ralliers refused to halt a demonstration in front of parliament.
Run afoul of such a policy, and you risk not only being fired, but losing control of your business.
Eyewitnesses reported seeing a small explosion above one of the plane's wings suggesting that decoy flares had been fired.
This week, police were called after an air rifle pellet was fired at a classroom window while youngsters were having lessons.
The military said troops fired at two armed men, one aiming an anti-tank missile.
He is normally fired up and fluent, but this time he was flat and unable to find anything fresh to say about yet another defeat.
There were also allegations that an air rifle had been fired during chaotic scenes.
Shock news for the day is that Luke has been fired, which may or may not have something to do with his website. Watch your backs, kids.
Blake fired a cross in which had gone too far ahead of his team-mates in the box.
The breech-face on a revolver takes a tremendous beating as it stops the rearward thrust of the fired cartridge.
A 35-YEAR-OLD man who fired an air rifle after police were called in has been jailed for 18 months.
The net was closing last night on raiders who fired at unarmed gardai during a bank robbery in Co Limerick yesterday.
Then he fired up the jets on his new, smaller and sleeker wingsuit to perform the loopings before landing safely with a parachute.
A third man, who allegedly fired upon the police, was rearrested by homicide officers yesterday.
When the enemy reached the middle of the open space, he fired, and the gun hardly recoiled at all.
A BOY, aged 14, was shot in the back with an air rifle as a gunman fired randomly from an upper-floor flat in York.
A local man had to have an operation to remove a pellet, which police believe might have been fired from an air rifle.
I can have a whopping great big Mexican meal guilt-free now because eating like this has fired up my metabolism.
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The Jordanians had one clear chance but al-Zawareh inexplicably fired wide from close range early in the second half.
At the start of the year in Adelaide and Auckland he was flat at the beginning of every match and could not get himself fired up.
The rifle recoiled as it fired, and the shell exploded about a foot short of the missile.
The younger brother of the Battleship Potemkin has found a small round in his aging revolutionary magazine and fired it off with great jollity.
Toner rattled the underside of the bar moments later before Bell fired wide from an acute angle on 89 minutes.
McMahon had two good opportunities to add to his tally and claim a hat-trick but fired wide on both occasions.
She had been walking with her husband along Dean Row Road on March 20 when she was hit close to her eye by a pellet fired from an air gun.
Random shots fired by an air gun shattered glass at the TV office building in Neihu and its surrounding area yesterday.
The flares are fired when the crew detect, by radar, they are being chased by a missile homing in on the hot exhaust of the plane.
But he stressed that, by their unanimous verdict, the jury had decided he should not have fired the air rifle.
It can be easily molded into a wide variety of shapes, which are then fired in a kiln and transformed into solid silver.
The kilns that calcine the lime used in cement are often natural gas fired.
Posting excerpts of a newspaper article that alleged a municipal employee had been fired for whistle-blowing.
The pellet fired from an air rifle lodged just centimetres from Lee's eye socket.
Said samples are then fired through the speakers, stuttering, jittering, and gurgling out at tremendous speeds.
The man behind the mask is called upon to catch pitches fired at blazing speed until his hands are ready to drop off.
It was beautiful, really, and could, with a strong enough arm, be fired one-handed without threat of recoil breaking one's bones.
Arriving at the office I fired up the computer and started wading through the 105 e-mails I'd received during my week off.
In the marketplace everything becomes a commodity and all workers become wage slaves who can be fired without compunction.
More than 100 fireworks a minute were fired off, with bursts more than 1,000 ft above the town.
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She was fired some three months ago after protesting against the company's policy of forcing employees to work overtime while not clocked in.
The council fired the company saying they were behind time and over budget.
Detectives, who are still hunting the gunman, believe the shot may have been fired by accident.
And moments later, it was Savage who jinked through the Donegal defence before placing young Meehan who coolly fired home a lovely goal.
Radar controls fired their guns, and if we didn't turn constantly, weaving about, we'd be shot down within a minute or less.
Indonesian police fired warning shots, tear gas and water cannon to try and disperse the crowd.
His serve improved as he fired down five aces in his first two service games.
In division one the recently returned Mr Loy fired an impressive 42 points, shaking off the last effects of his jet lag.
Witnesses are quoted as saying the troops fired on residents from tank-mounted machine guns.
As warnings were broadcast, the Mirage fired two Exocet air-to-surface missiles.
It's a book that gave me nightmares as a kid, and fired the imaginations of thousands, if not gazillions of children and adults alike.
He fired another three shots from his rifle, feeling it kick back in his arms.
Following Cullen's goal, Padraig Kenny fired over three quick points before the final whistle sounded for a stunned Gortletteragh.
One of the robbers chased after him and as they struggled, a firearm was fired again.
From the moment the first shots were fired, the internet provided a kaleidoscopic view of events in Mumbai.
The man said he did not want any trouble but then pointed an air pistol at the ground and fired it, hitting the victim in the left calf.
These were decorated by children, then glazed and fired, whereupon they were incorporated into a mosaic of community creativity.
He took aim at the target and fired, a perfect bulls eye, and with not even a single sound emitted.
These are not the air guns which have a built-in pressurised air canister, but the type which uses individual gas cartridges from which an air gun pellet can be fired.
He fitted another arrow and fired it purposely into a wagon.
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McCarthy reported that at least one gunman armed with an assault rifle had fired into the court at Cornell Square Park.
Malila said Botha and two other police officers fired shots while trying to stop a minivan.
Sometimes, even before shots are fired, Interrupters can predict and avert crisis, according to Slutkin.
A street sweeper was caught in the crossfire as a gunman fired at the officer, fatally wounding her in the back.
During shooting there was an occasional whiff of smoke at the rear of the cylinder and examination of the fired cases found them covered with soot from end to end.
During shooting there was all occasional whiff of smoke at the rear of the cylinder and examination of the fired cases found them covered with soot from end to end.
As Baez writes, Casey never had a nanny and had been fired from Universal Studios two years before Caylee died.
A Starbucks barista was fired after a song he wrote ranting about the chain went viral.
He took out his ray gun and fired a laser beam at the guard.
Before I got fired I was gnawing at the edges of my expressiveness or my brazenness.
The NOPD fired Knight in 1973 for stealing lumber from a construction site as an off-duty cop.
In a split second Jerome, whose anger had begun to build, flashed out his gun and fired, but Selby dropped to one knee and fired his gun, winging him.
This could be short-term and inexpensive, consisting of cruise missiles fired at military targets.
After ready rounds are fired, crewman will need to rearm the launcher.
Vandals have fired an air rifle at the windows of a pre-school.
He carefully chose a direction and fired the ray gun repeatedly.
Kutcher was on set in Burbank when police were notified that shots were fired inside the house, and that no one could get out.
Two burned-out cars at the site were full of bullet holes fired from the side, not the front.
He put the key into the ignition and fired the engine, then pressed the accelerator pedal down so that the engine roar drowned out Kate's next words.
Smith rehired at least two leaders who had been fired by other Calvary churches for sexual misconduct.
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Police say the bassist turned gunman stepped onto a third floor outcropping and fired through a window.
You just put the key into the keyway, turn it and the gun cannot be fired.
Baylor lost in court because the jury thought he was fired because the team was bad.
If they didn't corroborate his claims, he'd be fired without further ado.
Blood spatters on the pavement seem to confirm that he was moving toward Wilson when the instantly fatal shot was fired.
The fact that people are being fired at such a high rate is a serious sign that employers are bearish about the near-term future.
There had been a jailbreak from Alcatraz, the white dots were police boats, and someone was shooting at someone else, shots obviously fired in anger.
He writes that he discovered thousands of cartridge casings on the barricades, apparently fired from the police squads.
These were two egos competing for attention in a town where celebrities are omnipresent, each pulling in different directions, yet both fired with a will to win.
As Mr Smith got into Hickson's van, Hickson fired off both barrels of the gun, one blast hitting him in the neck, the other hitting the driver's seat.
But others say a still-unidentified man likely fired the round that caused a lethal head wound.
It had fired jugs, pans, cooking pots and roofing tiles in the 14th century, and similar wares have been found on excavations locally and in adjacent counties.
White fumes rose from tear gas fired by the French, and black smoke billowed from a roadblock of burning metal drums set afire at the base gates by the loyalists.
First was the cavalcade of denials and baffling cover-ups she fired off to defend herself.
He was fired for blogging a few frustrated comments about his employers.
Those that dared to complain were punished with bad shifts, demoted, or even fired.
Archers fired at the raging beast, but his powerful armour and great bulk absorbed the pitiful wooden arrows as if they were just light mosquito bites.
Yes, it would gain much-needed protection for LGBT people who can be fired simply for being gay, bi, or trans.
Cannons were fired in the heart of the tiny principality, which is no bigger than Central Park, to celebrate the news.
One of the other cops fired three times and those who were still able to give chase did.
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There was natural concern from the England team, but it remains unclear as to whether the object was fired from an air gun or a more rudimentary device.
He bizarrely poured hot wax on her skin and fired a pistol at her skirts to test her fearlessness.
A MAN who killed a friend in his flat when he fired a powerful air rifle at him, not realising it was loaded, has been convicted of his manslaughter.
Spiegelman was fired for sending a nasty email with antigay slurs to someone who had crossed him.
On September 26, officers were targeted after approaching a car, driven by McGee, and fired at the driver.
So the bullet that Gavrilo Princip fired at old archduke Ferdinand in Sarajevo goes on echoing.
Others fired into buildings already wrecked either by NATO airstrikes last year or by the bombardment of recent days.
The Spanish fired their crossbows and arquebuses, but were unable to see their attackers or get into formation.
Pizarro ordered his men to remain silent and hidden until the guns were fired.
When the last rank has fired, the first will have reloaded, as the following diagram shows.
Mame Diouf missed a chance to put the game to bed when he fired straight at Carson.
At the time, any degree of force could be used to arrest a fleeing felon but, when he fired the gun, he did not know who the thief was.
He had been on patrol to catch joyriders, and fired three shots at the windscreen of a speeding car as it approached the checkpoint.
He fired a fourth shot, killing a passenger, after the car had passed him and was speeding away.
On November 21, the American steamer Prometheus was fired upon by a British warship for not paying port tariffs at Greytown.
Martin Kelly fired in a dangerous cross and the Hearts defender looked on in horror as the ball rebounded off him and into the net.
He recocked, fired again, and hit his adversary's abdomen. Mr. Dickinson bled to death over many hours, in terrible agony, according to accounts.
In summer the system was barely used but in winter the boilers would be fired up two hours before the shift started to warm up the mill.
Chestnut and Pea are used in hand fired furnaces while the smaller Rice and Buckwheat are used in automatic stoker furnaces.
When a glaze containing this material is fired in a kiln, the whiting acts as a flux material in the glaze.
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However, in a charcoal fired kiln, the concentration of CO2 will be much higher than it is in air.
His imagination and interest were fired by a new way of transporting people and freight.
When a cement kiln is fired by coal, the ash of the coal acts as a secondary raw material.
Those who were not able to meet the target suffered a penalty and were likely fired.
After the British fired one shot from their gun, the Americans, taken by surprise, surrendered.
They were directed at the target and fired by lighting the fuse, but the trajectory was rather erratic.
Within thirteen months, in August 1747, Gua de Malves was fired for being an ineffective leader.
During this time, the nation's main artillery training area was at Shoeburyness, where the guns fired out to sea.
Those near the gate, however, hooted at and taunted the soldiery, who fired a volley over their heads.
The Dark Mark gets fired into the sky, which leads to a panic since it is the first time the sign has been seen in 13 years.
Dock has never fired a gun at anyone. He may possibly have sold a reporter a handful of wolf tickets.
Dublin fired a second goal when Noelle Healy ended her fine solo run with an impressive finish.
The grenade launcher was passed to Davis, who fired a beehive round into the spider hole.
Lara fired her trademark pistols while Totec brandished a rifle, and both took advantage of unlimited grenades to unleash some 'splodey fun.
The boss fired Fred and, to top it all off, he asked security to escort him to the door.
Punch was named publisher and as his first act fired Amory Bradford.
Yikers, I might be so fired if he figures out I don't have a clue who he is.
State Fish and Game warden Marty Wall tranquilized the bear with a dart fired from a blow gun, then with a second dart from a rifle.
The woman's blog post even addressed detractors who said she should have fired a warning shot.
A panel investigated her conduct and she was subsequently fired.
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The soldier has claimed he fired three warning shots to ward off a hostile crowd and a fourth at a possible nail bomber.
One foreword notes that he was principal of a high school in Independence until he was fired for shooting warning shots at youthful pranksters.
When Keller yelled and fired two warning shots, the animal retreated and disappeared behind a bush some 50 feet away.
One witness said police fired the tear gas and water cannons from two fire trucks at a group of about 500 protesters.
Police used water cannons and fired baton rounds as they were attacked by Orangemen with ceremonial swords on Friday night.
The work in this project includes replacing the existing gas fired boilers with two new hydronic boilers and a water plate heat exchanger.
It was Beethoven who once fired his housekeeper for telling a lie.
The victim sought refuge in the nearby Weighing Machine pub after the lone gunman fired several shots at him.
He was fired after making anti-Semitic comments in a Paris bistro.
Each time the team fired the engine's afterburner, the ground and neighboring buildings shook.
As the clashes spiraled out of the university campus, police forces intervened and fired teargas to break up the altercating factions.
As per the report, Yardarm Technologies has formed a new technology for dispatchers to know when a police officer's weapon has been fired.
The Zimbs are likely to feel aggrieved and will be fired up to level the series.
The military said it fired the missile as a warning shot after a stray mortar from Syria hit a military post in the Golan Heights.
The ships fired grape shot but to no effect. They about ship and went to sea.
She fired all the journalists in the company, along with some of the administration workers.
His antimachine politicking helped get him fired from the Chicago Defender, a frequent supporter of organization candidates.
It is, however, interesting in connection with that fact to remember that the last bowshot in English warfare was fired during the Civil War.
The hunter fired at the geese and missed, then shrugged his shoulders and chambered another cartridge.
Newcastle's Dan Gosling was sent off for a foul on Russell Martin but Ba fired in to cut the deficit, before Holt nodded in the clincher.
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As soon as I appeared, the Crown Vic fired up its engine, and the driver of the van started talking into a walkie-talkie.
Rob finished cleaning his empty gun then pointed it at an imaginary target and dry fired.
Andrey Arshavin equalised with a superb volley into the corner before Nicklas Bendtner coolly fired Arsenal in front.
Watching the political commentators on cable news channels always gets him fired up.
When I had read the article, I immediately fired off a letter to the editor.
No sooner had I replied to his first question, than he fired off another one.
He said that, had it not still been my honeymoon period, I would have been fired.
After lighting a common fuse, the hwacha fired as many as a hundred arrows, all of which landed in a precise spot.
Outnumbered, but fired by their zeal, Constantine's army emerged victorious in the Battle of Adrianople.
The peace talks became inamicable and the participants fired insults at each other.
On this occasion the Indiamen also succeeded in bluffing their way to safety, and without any shots even being fired.
At times there would be two groups of three lines allowing one group to reload while the other group arranged themselves and fired.
Shots were fired by both sides, although most contemporaries agree that the soldiers holding the building had vastly superior firepower.
He had fired his first shot, the killshot, with crosshairs locked tight at the base of the neck.
Two days later the UK and the United States fired more than 110 Tomahawk missiles at targets in Libya.
When he woke, he became frightened, fired tracer bullets into the air and waved a fluorescent lightstick to identify himself.
In 1919 British troops fired on a rally protesting against new taxes, killing four Maltese men.
He never found his beloved machine gun. Lorn and drained-nervous, he was fired next day.
Upon arrival at York, it was intricately painted, fired, then glazed together with lead strips into the windows.
In case of attack, arrows, javelins and sling missiles could be fired down at an enemy tiring himself to come up.
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On 10 April 2015 a thatched boathouse caught fire shortly after a burning cannonball was fired by the trebuchet.
When bank fired the loan originator, they recovered the last two years of her bonuses under the malus clause in her contract.
Missiles fired from these engines had a lower trajectory than trebuchets or mangonels and were more accurate.
People are also injured by projectiles fired from fireworks, often due to incorrect use.
They each fired a broadside across its bulwarks, killing several of its crew, and forcing its captain to surrender.
The small craft was quickly spotted by Adventure and fired at as soon as it was within range of her guns.
What is certain though is that Adventure turned her guns on the two ships and fired.
Maynard and Teach fired their flintlocks at each other, then threw them away.
These toy soldiers instantly fired their imaginations and they spoke of them as the Young Men, and gave them names.
Drummer Steven Adler was fired in 1990, guitarist Izzy Stradlin left in late 1991 after recording Use Your Illusion I and II with the band.
Once already I'd been fired for doing it, and I was very nearly sacked from the Birmingham Rep.
In October 1988, with the team 21st in the Second Division, Bremner was fired to make way for Howard Wilkinson.
During that game Kangaroos replacement Wally Lewis fired a bullet like 20 metre pass for Meninga to score in the corner.
Rocco Benetton, the youngest son of Luciano Benetton joined the team as Chief Executive in 1998 and fired Briatore.
Belfast's electricity comes from Kilroot Power Station, a 520 MegaWatt dual coal and oil fired plant, situated near Carrickfergus.
Each congregation was free to choose or reject its own pastor, but once he was chosen he could not be fired.
The crew can be given weapons training, and warning shots can be fired legally in international waters.
Some balls appear to have been dropped without being fired, some missed their targets, and others are distorted from hitting human bodies.
In 1914, cannons were positioned in the front line and fired directly at their targets.
Nine shells were fired from a Mark 10 mortar which was bolted onto the back of a hijacked Ford van in Crossmaglen.
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During the first week of the war, Iraqi forces fired a Scud missile at the American Battlefield Update Assessment center in Camp Doha, Kuwait.
Following the report the OSCE issued a comment stating the monitor has been fired due to violations of the organization's code of conduct.
In July, the first live rounds were fired by the 4th Royal Tank Regiment Battle Group.
In further action, Admiral Edward Boscawen fired on the French ship Alcide on 8 June 1755, capturing it and two troop ships.
Many French soldiers fired before they were within range of striking the British.
The Allies fired over 20,000 shells but failed to defeat the Russian batteries.
Tomahawk cruise missiles were also extensively used, fired from aircraft, ships, and submarines.
The crisis took several months to resolve, and several management figures, including the Chief Executive Ron Tuck, resigned or were fired.
Not long after, the singer fired his manager and replaced him with Tony Defries.
After this performance, the Spice Girls made the decision to take over the running of the group themselves, and fired their manager Simon Fuller.
Taking that as a yes, he went and took the Castle without a shot being fired.
During the 1980s the Swiss army fired off shells during an exercise and mistakenly burned a patch of forest inside Liechtenstein.
On 27 January 1918, the official opening shots of the war were fired in two simultaneous events.
On 19 August 1561, cannons were fired in Leith to announce Queen Mary's arrival in Scotland.
Different clay bodies also differ in the way in which they respond when fired in the kiln.
The colour of a glaze after it has been fired may be significantly different from before firing.
This achievement coincided with kilns that could be fired at higher temperatures.
Harck was fired from the band during the sessions and Tansin left the band immediately after the album was completed.
Shortly after, bassist Ray Williams and drummer Jeff Jones were fired, with Terry Williams joining on drums and Ace moving to bass.
Pegg was fired prior to work on their first studio album, Way Beyond Blue, while Ieuan was replaced with Aled Richards shortly afterwards.
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When fired at a convoy, this increased the probability of a hit if the weapon missed its primary target.
Mud that is mostly clay, or a mixture of clay and sand may be used for ceramics, of which one form is the common fired brick.
After the presidential order, the Mongolian president fired the individual who was supposedly involved in these conversations.
Maximum supplementary firing refers to the maximum fuel that can be fired with the oxygen available in the gas turbine exhaust.
The two German ships then fired three salvoes each at Invincible, and sank her in 90 seconds.
The boat could carry two to four torpedoes fired from simple fixed launchers and several machine guns.
Oquendo, the other six Dunkirk ships and the San Juan, unable to turn upwind, fired as they could.
During the confusion of battle, five more rounds were fired at Alabama after her colors were struck.
The first shots were heard as he did so, although Sir John Bentley in Warspite claimed that they were fired without his orders.
He installed a system of electrical firing so that all guns could be fired simultaneously, making Ocean the first vessel to be so equipped.
German coastal guns replied within minutes of the bombardment from the monitors and fired accurately at Erebus and Terror but with no effect.
The party ran back and the boat cast off, as Gulzar was fired on from around the harbour.
The shelling plan continued for five and a half hours, by the end of which each gun had fired about 600 rounds, about 529,000 shells.
The mortar fired a shot with a line attached from the shore to the wrecked ship and was used for many years.
The EBK pot was made by coil technique, being fired on the open bed of hot coals.
The front rank kneeled to reload while the second rank fired over their heads.
Hostilities began on April 12, 1861, when Confederate forces fired upon Fort Sumter.
Young stone-pelters took to the streets and faced armed police who fired straight at them, killing several.
An arrow was fired, possibly by the baron Walter Tirel, which hit and killed William Rufus.
Oxford fired twice, but either both bullets missed or, as he later claimed, the guns had no shot.
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Further evidence is that an arrow volley would be fired before the Norman cavalry charge.
The majority of the guns were small iron guns with short range that could be aimed and fired by a single person.
A Spanish attack in 1614 was repulsed by two shots fired from the incomplete Castle Islands Fortifications manned by Bermudian Militiamen.
The guns at the Batteries also fired on German torpedo boats attempting night landings.
Between 1958 and 1965, a total of 22 launch vehicles were fired, none of which having suffered any major failures.
Richard and Hendrix often clashed over tardiness, wardrobe, and Hendrix's stage antics, and in late July, Richard's brother Robert fired him.
However, when dry, clay becomes firm and when fired in a kiln, permanent physical and chemical changes occur.
Bricks, cooking pots, art objects, dishware, and even musical instruments such as the ocarina can all be shaped from clay before being fired.
Tanks and other armoured vehicles are used in this area and shells are fired.
Barrie, confused by what happened, fired five shots in the air warning the public not to report what had happened to the police.
Most of the Newfoundlanders were killed or wounded without anyone in the regiment having fired a shot.
Letters are immediately fired off throughout Europe announcing the results.
Police officers eventually fired on the crowd, and killed three labourers including a boy of ten and a pregnant woman, Anjaly Coopen.
When the ship's master declined, one of the Iranian craft fired shots across the bridge of the Maersk Tigris.
The current Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, has fired as well as reinstated Council of Ministers members.
A few shots fired from a machine gun on Siar over the heads of the tiny German garrison at Lorengau were the last shots fired in the battle.
Homes of African Americans were firebombed, black leaders were assaulted and threatened with death, and others were fired from their jobs.
This period was characterized by sedentary communities and the introduction of pottery and fired clay figurines.
In Comalcalco, where suitable stone was not available locally, fired bricks were employed.
Aztec warriors came running, and fired darts and launched spears at the Spanish forces.
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An alert is in place after shots were fired near the coliseum parking lot.
Beck copped to resetting the computer system, and was fired.
Shots were fired but there were no casualties as the Ukrainian corvette Khmelnitsky was seized in Sevastopol, according to reports.
His 25-mile killing spree, in which he fired hundreds of times, brought terror to the Lake District and saw Sellafield nuclear plant sealed.
Deployed tactical nuclear warheads with typical yields in the kilotonne range are small enough to be fired from 155mm calibre howitzers.
He says I better do it before the Canadian Rednecks kill our circus's biggest attraction, or I'm fired.
If a doctor has an excessive amount of redos then he or she needs to be fired and replaced.
But the home side's joy was short-lived as Luxembourg's Joel Kitenge fired in off the crossbar to level in the 44th minute.
A fully automatic Batch Plant feeds one Heavy oil fired, end-fired regenerative furnace to melt soda lime flint and green glass.
He was constantly getting sideways with his boss till he got fired.
This was the receiving end, where shots were fired into the bank.
The crowd yelled louder and threw stones, and the soldiers, probably without orders, fired a direct volley which killed and wounded a large number.
Outdoor shooting ranges are designed to contain all fired shots.
In 1893, soldiers fired on the striking crowd, killing several.
His unit fired their guns for the last time at the crossing of the River Po, by which time he was an acting Lieutenant Colonel commanding a battalion.
The finery always burnt charcoal, but the chafery could be fired with mineral coal, since its impurities would not harm the iron when it was in the solid state.
Lloyd George's letter of 10 May had not been published, making it appear that Asquith had fired the first shot, and Lloyd George sent a moderate public reply, on 25 May.
The largest, the English flagship HMS Royal Charles, was abandoned by its skeleton crew, captured without a shot being fired, and towed back to the Netherlands as a trophy.
He was convicted of intentionally causing grievous bodily harm because the thief was shot and the gun was fired by a man not caring whether the shot was lawful or not.
Some of the tables were upset, and there was a faint tang, perceptible above the fugg of the place, which told him that it was here the shot had been fired.
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When it did not, Mr Clegg fired three shots, killing a woman.
Benjamin Franklin, postmaster general for the colonies, acknowledged that he leaked the letters, which led to him being berated by British officials and fired from his job.
There was no order to fire, but the soldiers fired into the crowd anyway.
Many of these designations have become muted with time, as the passions which fired the debate have cooled and most parishes have found a happy medium or accommodation.
Khamenei also makes the final decisions on the amount of transparency in elections, and has fired and reinstated presidential cabinet appointments.
The court noted this August, that an employee can be fired for cause based on incompetence, if he or she consistently fails to meet reasonable standards.
The chamber was then put in place, blocked with a wedge, and then fired.
Hendrix's first gig was with an unnamed band in the basement of a synagogue, Seattle's Temple De Hirsch, but after too much showing off, the band fired him between sets.
The English imagination was fired by Greek mythology starting with Chaucer and John Milton and continuing through Shakespeare to Robert Bridges in the 20th century.
In summer this coincides with the one o'clock gun being fired.
At about ten o'clock, just as Monarca had got within little more than a mile of Rayo, Leviathan fired a warning shot wide of Monarca, to oblige her to drop anchor.
Additional round shot were observed scattered forward of the boilers and in the vicinity of the aft pivot gun, one possibly having been fired from Kearsarge.
Under-handed, over-handed, back-handed, left-handed, right-handed, standing at grotesque angles and almost standing on their heads, the Wonders fired the ball into the basket.
At the same time, the weight of armour slowed down the speed of the battleships, and the huge guns needed to penetrate enemy armour fired at very slow rates.
Neurons fired in a pattern resembling human neuronal patterns.
The generator fired up shortly after the power failure began.
The anti-aircraft rocket is fired from an expendable launch platform.
A total of 15,000 beams of neutrinos were fired over a period of 3 years from CERN towards Gran Sassoin Italy, 730km away, where they were picked up by giant detectors.
Forming out of a mutual love of the music the band were less of a gang of mates drifting into bandom than people fired by their interest in the music.
The first confrontation with Japanese warships occurred on 29 April 1905 when the Russian submarine Som was fired upon by Japanese torpedo boats, but then withdrew.

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