Word: assassinate
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...Chungking started a chain letter respectfully dedicated to him. Each recipient of the letter was asked to kick back one dollar and pass copies of the letter on to eleven friends. Honorable destination of the kickbacks: "The Kill Wang Ching-wei Fund," to be awarded to any successful assassin. The families of any unsuccessful and apprehended assassins will each receive 1% of the fund...
...possessed by her one and only love is a woman's rather than a star's performance. John Loder as the Tsar is almost repulsively sweet; but again there may be some historical justification for that. His promising career as Russia's liberator is cruelly broken off by an assassin's bullet--and the touching show comes to a touching end. Katia's final words: "Pauvre Russie!" sets the audience reflecting on the present as well as the past...