Word: chambers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Fisher claimed last night that the Council ousted him not because of any specific action, but because his "opinions and beliefs differ from theirs." He charged that the meeting resembled a "star chamber session," and that he and others present "had not been given sufficient opportunity to express their views...
...execution chamber, the four mounted 13 steps to the gallows. All stood unaided while G.I.s adjusted black hoods and arranged the knots upon their necks...
...minute after they entered the chamber, four traps were sprung at once. Then the other three were led up the 13 steps, and hanged until dead...
...When the Wise Men received the divine revelation that the king of the Jews was born, they made straight for Jerusalem, for, of course, they expected to find him at the capital in a lordly castle and a golden chamber. Where else would common sense expect to find a king...
...chairman announced that Article 11 was passed without opposition. The chamber came alive resounding with handclapping and shouts of "Mahatma Gandhi Ki Jai! (Victory to Mahatma Gandhi)." In 1931, Gandhi had said: "I would far rather that Hinduism died than that untouchability lived." Now, ten months after his death, Gandhi had won a victory he would have cherished as much as India's freedom...