Word: lethalness
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...lecture courses, no great rest is involved in their remission, since the amount of intellectual travail assigned is not noticeably less. The student himself gets out of the normal organization of his time, without any great gain during a day that has more resemblances to a lethal Blue Sunday than a vacation...
...reign of greatest popularity of the unicorn came during the Middle Ages. At this time a favorite pastime of Italian politicians was serving lethal wine to unwary rivals. During this era an office seeker's only hope of becoming the incumbent was to poison his rivals or to fortify himself with unicorn's horn powder...
...motorway was Lester P. Barlow of Stamford, Conn., President of N. Y. & N. E. M. Corp. Mr. Barlow once invented a flying torpedo which according to his specifications, giant motors would drive 225 m. p. h. for 1,000 miles to discharge 500 Ib. of TNT. More practicable, less lethal was the plan Mr. Barlow lately drew up and presented to President Hoover for a system of private turnpikes linking all major U. S. cities. Last week Mr. Barlow assembled at his Stamford home his friends and supporters, outlined his plans for local cooperation on this, his latest scheme...
When the case led him into conflict with Professor Moriarty, beetling-browed ruler of London's underworld who held his councils in a fearsome catacomb, Sherlock blandly donned his double-peaked cap and walked into the Professor's ambush-a lethal chamber. He smashed the single lamp, deluded his captors by leaving his glowing cigar on a window ledge, escaped with the frightened maiden. When he had later trapped the diabolical Professor with more such nonchalant magic, it appeared that Sherlock would marry the girli, albeit he was a poor insurance risk, sustained in the approved...
...bristling. .The manager slammed the chamber door and turned on the gas. The box exploded, injuring human attendants. Another explosion followed a similar experiment. Last week under the same circumstances there was a third explosion. Deduction: static electricity from the fighty cat's fur ignited the lethal gas. Authorities considered having the Grand Rapids Gas Light Co. perform further executions under contract...