shot

The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English;      218 words ...shot • noun   1. hear a shot synonyms : gunfire, report (of a gun), crack, bang, blast, explosion.   2. shot for the guns synonyms : pellet(s), bullet(s), slug(s), projectile...

The Technical Term is... Shot

The Independent - London;  September 1, 2000 ;     279 words ...A SHOT is the smallest individual element of film...the elaborate and self-advertising tracking shot which opens Robert Altman's The Player). It...angles, but only ends with a "cut" to a new shot. The typology of shots is elaborate, though...

Man shot dead outside home; Murder as police warn of rising gang...

Birmingham Mail (England);  August 25, 2008 ;     700 words ......and Paul Bradley A MAN was shot dead just yards from his...Guildford Drive, Newtown, was shot once in the chest at around...collapsed on a driveway in Hockley Close. He was taken to City Hospital...cousins shortly before he was shot. It is thought he had visited...number of houses in and ...

I shot to kill. It was like something they do in the movies; PARA TELLS...

The Mirror (London, England);  April 12, 2000 ;     700+ words ......Sunday inquiry heard yesterday how soldiers shot a 15-year-old boy - the first victim of...corporal identified only as Soldier A said he shot the youth because he was about to hurl...throw what I thought was a nail bomb. I shot to kill. I aimed at the centre of his body...

Autopsy shows kid shot in side, not back

Chicago Sun-Times;  June 9, 1992 ;     620 words ......autopsy showed 12-year-old Joey Chlopek was shot three times by a Chicago police officer but was not shot in the back, a spokesman for the Cook County...seventh-grader's friends had claimed he had been shot in the back while fleeing from the officer...

Man shot dead in Toxteth on anniversary of gang murder

The Independent - London;  May 2, 1996 ;     459 words ...A man was shot dead in a Liverpool betting shop last night...Mr Ungi, a father-of-three. Mr Ungi was shot after being ambushed in his car in Toxteth...leg. Five days later Paul Foster, 20, was shot at his home in Toxteth. Police issued an...

Can We Save the Shot?

American Cinematographer;  January 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ......has happened to the value of the film "shot"? It seems to me that if much of recent...a measure, not only has the individual shot become more debased in content, awash in...has respect verging on reverence for the shot. I don't mean to suggest that Persuasion...

TOSSING HERSELF INTO ANOTHER RING EX-GYMNAST BECOMES SHOT PUT SUCCESS

The Boston Globe;  June 14, 2000 ;     700+ words ......School's Laura Gerraughty, a gymnast turned shot putter, marches determinedly into the throwing...the circle and stretches high, rolling the shot in her right hand to get it comfortable. She brings the shot down and tucks it into her chin. Steps forward...

Students flock for flu shot in fall

University Wire;  November 15, 2002 ;     563 words ......Collegian) (U-WIRE) MANHATTAN, Kan. -- One shot, a 20- minute wait, and two weeks later...nation begin lining up for the miracle shot that will get them through their busy winter...strongly encourages students to receive a flu shot. We recommend that students with any ongoing...

Remington's Hevi-Shot consistently outshot the competition

Sunday Gazette-Mail;  April 7, 2002 ;     627 words ...AFTER WRITING a few weeks ago about Hevi-Shot turkey loads for shotguns, I had an opportunity to field-test Hevi-Shot last week with two of my favorite turkey...the best results occur if you shoot Hevi- Shot from a choke that's not too tightly constricted...

SHOT HEARD 'ROUND THE GYM MIGHT BE LONGEST ALLYSON FASNACHT'S HEAVE OF 81...

Roanoke Times & World News;  April 19, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Glenvar was a long shot to upset undefeated J.J. Kelly in the VHSL...victory, but the Highlanders did get a long shot. In fact, when Glenvar's Allyson Fasnacht...inches, it became the longest recorded shot in women's basketball history. Whether...

KNICKS SHOT DOWN

The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  May 13, 2000 ;     700+ words ......Record (Bergen County, NJ) 05-13-2000 KNICKS SHOT DOWN -- MIAMI WINS ON CARTER'S OT FLOATER By...who mattered noticed that Carter heaved up his shot from behind the backboard, an illegal shot, but it didn't matter. Another Knicks-Heat game...

Police have shot 28 in last 50 years; Police shoot grieving dad

The Press;  November 22, 2001 ;     432 words ...Twenty-eight people have been shot by the police in New Zealand in the last 50 years. Only six have survived. West Coaster Stanley Graham, who was shot near Hokitika in l941, had shot and killed four policemen, a home guardsman, and another...

Interview: Blake Hoffarber discusses sinking a shot from his back at the...

NPR All Things Considered;  March 21, 2005 ;     695 words ......Interview: Blake Hoffarber discusses sinking a shot from his back at the three-point line at...game into overtime, is being called `the shot.' (Soundbite of basketball game) Unidentified Man: Wow, he shot it from his back. That's a two. He shot...

Carter's miracle shot is strange

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  May 13, 2000 ;     551 words ...HEAT 77, KNICKS 76 (OVERTIME) Carter's miracle shot is strange, but true By STEVE ADAMEK The Record...who mattered noticed that Carter heaved up his shot from behind the backboard, an illegal shot, but it didn't matter. Another game between the...