Word: blindfold
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...seized power. Another report was that Zaim was shot down at his house when he tried to hurl a hand grenade at his captors and that 18 others died with him. Whatever the truth, Zaim and his premier were dead. Damascus also heard that Zaim had refused a blindfold with the words: "I lived bravely and I want to die bravely...
...less than four hours the court-martial reached its decision. Tobiansky was stood against a sunbaked mud wall of an old Arab building. He refused a blindfold as he stood at attention facing half a dozen Haganah riflemen. His last words were: "Take care...
When they stepped into the boat, said Staktopoulos, Vasvanas was at the oars, Mouzenides in the stern, a stranger in the bow. They rowed out into the bay. Then, said the prisoner, "Mouzenides told me to tell Polk, 'for security's sake we'll have to blindfold you.' Polk replied: 'I've no objection; go ahead.' " Then Polk's hands & feet were bound. "We continued rowing out to sea. Suddenly, I heard a shot. I jumped up, saw Polk fall forward on his knees . . ." Staktopoulos did not know why he wasn...
...first girl to be initiated was brought in, wearing a bathing suit and a blindfold. She was pale, trembling, and sweating. They made her lie on the floor, face up. Then one of the girls poured the concoction into her mouth...
...ninth day after sentence, a guard unlocked Pierre Pucheu's cell, a chaplain said a brief mass. At the place of execution Pierre Pucheu spurned a blindfold, stared firmly at the firing squad, himself gave the command, "Ready! . . . Aim! . . . Fire!", then slumped in death...