The British rangefinders had misread the range to their German targets, and so the first salvos fired by the British ships fell a mile past the German battlecruisers.
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Crawford's criticism probably will be only the first such salvo fired at the auditor's study, because there's a lot of room for debate when it comes to this issue.
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And more verbal salvos fired between the U . S . and Iraq didn't help the dollar either, as they tend to increase a dollar-negative sense of risk aversion.
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The new guidance system could keep two missiles in flight to separate targets, allowing the vehicle to salvo fire its weapons against a tank squadron in a few seconds.
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Some artillery officers argued strongly that salvo firing was inherently wasteful, and that a much better hit ratio could be achieved by aiming each mortar individually against a specified target.
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The salvos fired back and forth between the game's most powerful agent and its omnipotent commissioner have been indicative of recent negotiations : a lot of posturing and little progress.
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The provocative song is the latest salvo fired in Chuck D's dispute with his former label Def Jam Recordings and its parent company Polygram ( now part of Universal Music Group ).
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Promoted to Vice Admiral in 1891 Hopkins was appointed Kaisar Wilhelm II . He was a supporter of improvements in gunnery and at this time experimented with a new type of salvo firing.
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The Vatican's reaffirmation of the primacy of the Roman Catholic Church over other religions is the latest salvo fired by conservatives in a behind-the-scenes battle on the church's agenda for the coming years.
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The TV ad, launched three weeks ago, marks the first salvo fired by a coalition of managed health care companies that wants to kill both initiatives appearing on the Nov . 5 ballot.
