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...fairly late and we were not aware what had happened at first, but soon saw that we were surrounded by seven bandits armed with rifles. They did not lay hands upon us, but with their weapons forced us to drive the car into the woods until we had to abandon it there. It was here that they killed Mme. Prokorov's little...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Ransomed | 11/28/1927 | See Source »

Preparation for the Harvard-Brown-Wesleyan triangular debate began last night with the retention of eight men following the first trials in which five minute speeches were presented on either side of the question: "Resolved, That all nations abandon their extra-territorial right in China...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: KEEP EIGHT ORATORS AFTER TRIANGULAR DEBATE TRIALS | 11/22/1927 | See Source »

...that date the University will debate Brown at Providence, and Wesleyan here, on the question "Resolved, That all nations abandon their extraterritorial rights in China." The audience will have one vote and there will be two judges, instead of three, as formerly, so that ties will be impossible this year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SCHEDULE OF FORENSIC CAMPAIGN MADE KNOWN | 11/17/1927 | See Source »

...There is a dash and abandon among the youth of our land that is inspiring and terrible to contemplate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Cauterizers | 11/14/1927 | See Source »

...three days the reservation Indians debated in powwow. Then they voted to abandon Christianity, to revive the cult of the Great Spirit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Pow-Wow | 11/14/1927 | See Source »

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