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Word: executioner (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Rifles cracked. A moment later the rebel General Jesus M. Aguirre, who captured and later fled from Vera Cruz (TIME, March 18), lay on the ground, bleeding slightly from the mouth. The photographers, who were there by order of President Portes Gil, took more pictures to prove that the execution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: Don't Hit My Face | 4/1/1929 | See Source »

"Execution of Charles l", Professor Whitney, Harvard 6.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Student Vagabond | 3/28/1929 | See Source »

Montesquieu regarded the severity of laws as a definite hindrance to their execution. Juries will acquit and Grand Juries will not indict where a majority in the community oppose such sumptuary laws as is the Prohibition Law.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: JONES-STALKER BILL DISCUSSED BY BURNS | 3/23/1929 | See Source »

"It looks tome, said Mr. Kent 'like a misunderstanding by Colonel William Marcus of the exact provisions for the awarding of these prizes. Separate prizes were awarded for typography, display-line writing etc. This prize was awarded for 'pictorial illustration as the chief means of conveying its message. I am...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: KENT DENOUNCES BOK PRIZE AWARD | 3/22/1929 | See Source »

"In cartooning, as in every other creative art, original ideas count a good deal more than any machine-like reproductive quality. For example, the modern newspaper artist, in addition to creating three hundred and sixty-five different ideas each year, must contend with the difficulty of working 'out of the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CANDIDATE | 2/21/1929 | See Source »

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