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After the advent of high-powered repeating rifles, single-shot rifles were primarily used for target shooting matches, with the first official match shooting event, opening at Creedmoor, Long Island in 1872.
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After and high-powered
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After Honen, Jodo-kyo's head missionary in Japan, died, the form split into two schools: Jodo-shu, which focuses on repeating the phrase many times, and the more liberal Jodo Shinshu, which claims that only saying the phrase once with a pure heart is necessary.
After the other Imperials leave, the stormtrooper still hears the repeating signal and realizes they were tricked.
After repeating an earlier reference to the flood, the crucifixion and the day of judgment, the poem closes with an obscure reference to metalwork.
After repeating the experiment to be sure it worked, Carlson celebrated by taking Kornei out for a modest lunch.
After switching sides, Iturbide chose to pressure the colonial government by repeating Hidalgo's strategy of closing in on the city from the surrounding area.
After repeating this display several times, he sometimes grasps her talons briefly with his own.
After the 1969 election, the DAP would never come close to repeating its past successes for the next 38 years.
After repeating this several times they took away the electric shock, and only exposed them to the bright light.
After passing out, Max has a vision of himself standing in a white void and repeating the digits of the number.
In After the Fall issue # 9, Illyria takes ownership of Wesley's corpse, repeating " You're staying with me.
After winning the Grand Prix at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival for the film Oldboy, a journalist asked, " in your film, why is the vengeance repeating ?".
After she falls asleep, he wakes her up and his stuttering and repeating gets worse.
" After repeating the chorus, the song leads into a call and response section.
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WWE After Burn debuted in the UK in May 2002 replacing WWE Metal Sunday mornings on Sky One, whilst repeating in the week on Sky Sports.
After unsuccessfully trying several methods, Strong Sad gives him a tape of him repeating the word job thousands of times, " from when ( he ) was practicing the dictionary ".
After winning the 1964 24 Hours of Le Mans, the former headmaster of a nearby school became the local hero of the Targa Florio race after winning in 1965, then repeating in 1971 and again in 1975, when it was no more a World Sportscar Championship event.
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