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Word: murderously (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...arrested, charged with murder and held in the Hillsboro County jail. He pleaded not guilty, told the sheriff: "I did it in a moment of weakness. But what I did was right morally. I have no regrets. I may have broken the law, but I committed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW HAMPSHIRE: 40 cc. of Air | 1/9/1950 | See Source »

Thrice-married Count Alfred de Marigny, 39, acquitted in 1943 of the sensational Bahamas murder of his father-in-law, Sir Harry Oakes, announced a new business venture in Hollywood. The count, whose wife, Nancy Oakes, got an annulment of their marriage last October, said that he plans to be a branch manager of a matrimonial agency...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: That Old Feeling | 1/2/1950 | See Source »

...prevailingly wry and ironic. The air seems very chill at times for all the Mediterranean sunlight. A bald and aging conqueror withholds his heart from a violent young girl rather than have her torture it; then, with a rueful smile, promises to send her a dashing young Marc Antony. "Murder shall breed murder . . ." he laments, "until the gods are tired of blood and create a race that can understand." But as he goes out, and the final curtain falls, it is to the upraised swords of his soldiers and their great shout of "Hail, Caesar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Old Play in Manhattan, Jan. 2, 1950 | 1/2/1950 | See Source »

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