31.   A policeman fired his pistol into the air to restore calm.

32.   According to those reports, Sadek accelerated the vehicle to escape the attackers, who then fired their pistols at the van, hitting Sadek once in the chest.

33.   An ultranationalist leader fired a pistol at a government building, police said Monday.

34.   An elderly Palestinian-American man was killed by Israeli soldiers on Wednesday after the man fired his pistol, thinking that robbers were breaking into his house.

35.   At a late-night homecoming in his Gaza City neighborhood, an impromptu celebration broke out with women ululating and youths firing pistols into the air.

36.   British paratroopers shot and killed a Yugoslav police reservist Sunday after the man fired a pistol at a NATO patrol, the alliance said.

37.   But Palestinian police did nothing to stop an impromptu convoy of revelers from driving through the base, firing pistols in the air.

38.   But Palestinian police did nothing to stop an impromptu convoy of revelers from driving through the base, firing pistols into the air.

39.   But on Monday, it appeared abandoned after Serb police, bitterly firing pistols in the air, joined civilians fleeing the suburb.

40.   But Palestinian police did nothing to stop an impromptu convoy of revelers from driving through the base, making victory signs and firing pistols into the air.