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Jeppesen himself has acknowledged these connections, yet claims that when he first coined the term object-oriented writing, he was unaware of these philosophical currents. [3] It locates itself within the work of art, rather than outside, and attempts to infest the inanimate art object with human agency via the act of writing.
Multiple discharges of one or more firearms are referred to as gunfire. The word can connote either the sound of a gun firing, the projectiles that were fired, or both. For example, the statement "gunfire came from the next street" could either mean the sound of discharge, or it could mean the bullets that were discharged.
[1] [2]: 261f [3] The abbreviated term can be spelled in these two ways, but also in ways that join the words in these compound expressions (e.g., nutgraph). [4] In the case of a two-paragraph extended lede , the nut graph follows those two, as needed; hence, the nut graph is generally the second or third paragraph following a journalistic lede.
Talley estimates the gunfire lasted for at least eight minutes before she saw the first officer on the scene. Another 15 to 20 minutes passed, she said, until she saw additional officers.
Shooting sports is a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shooting — the art of using ranged weapons, mainly small arms (firearms and airguns, in forms such as handguns, [1] rifles [2] and shotguns [3]) and bows/crossbows.
Pyrography or pyrogravure is the free handed art of decorating wood or other materials with burn marks resulting from the controlled application of a heated object such as a poker. It is also known as pokerwork or wood burning. [1] The term means "writing with fire", from the Greek pyr (fire) and graphos (writing). [2]
Gun culture refers to the attitudes, feelings, values and behaviour of a society, or any social group, in which guns are used. [1] The term was first coined by Richard Hofstadter in an American Heritage article critiquing gun violence in the United States. [2] Local gun cultures are found all around the world, and attitudes toward guns vary ...
There is no universal set length for a plot summary, though it should not be excessively long. Well-written plot summaries describe the major events in the work, linking them together while minimizing the less-important scenes. The Manual of Style provides general guidance on length, with allowances for exceptions.