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... machine guns along that , and at the Union cinema , where the Junkers ' staff is located . They're firing from Little Nikitskaya Street , across the boulevard . " " Then that leaves ... machine - gun [ 496 ] The start of an Extraordinary Era.
... machine guns along that , and at the Union cinema , where the Junkers ' staff is located . They're firing from Little Nikitskaya Street , across the boulevard . " " Then that leaves ... machine - gun [ 496 ] The start of an Extraordinary Era.
Page 501
... machine gun here ! " I turned around . An elderly man in a cap with earflaps and with a machine - gun strap over his shoulder was standing in the door . He held a rifle in his hands . For a second he stared carefully but fiercely at me ...
... machine gun here ! " I turned around . An elderly man in a cap with earflaps and with a machine - gun strap over his shoulder was standing in the door . He held a rifle in his hands . For a second he stared carefully but fiercely at me ...
Page 503
... gun bolts slapped back in those rifles . Whether it was some sudden emotional stupidity , or an actual loss of conscious- ness , I do not know . I just stared carefully at the corner of the gateway , which had been shattered by machine - ...
... gun bolts slapped back in those rifles . Whether it was some sudden emotional stupidity , or an actual loss of conscious- ness , I do not know . I just stared carefully at the corner of the gateway , which had been shattered by machine - ...
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