Word: actions
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...whom were the sons of some of the mill-owners and was subjected to an abusive inquisition regarding his personal opinions and conduct, after which certain of his papers were destroyed. We deplore the fact that Harvard men should attempt to control a fellow student's lawful thought and action through intimidation...
Certain Harvard men have been guilty of a serious offence. A week ago a student on the Yard was forced by about thirty-five of his classmates to burn papers which he owned dealing with the Lawrence strike. This action can be described in no other way than unlawful interference with free thinking...
There are three possible motives which may have prompted the action of the offenders. They might have conceived the whole matter as a practical joke. But destroying another man's property against his will is a rather serious way of getting amusement. They might have started with good intentions and have been angered by the manner of the person with whom they were finding fault. But this is hardly a sufficient excuse for making that person burn his papers. And lastly they might have carried out a preconceived plan and this would make their action appear far more serious...
...soon afterward was commissioned a first lieutenant. In July, 1918, he was cited by the French for having "frequently carried out bombing flights over the battle field at low altitudes," and was decorated with the Croix de Guerre by the French Government for bravery in action...
Lincoln died because the abnormal mind of J. Wilkes Booth was persuaded he was a tyrant. McKinley was stretched on his bier because Czolgosz believed what yellow journalists told him. Clemenceau is on a bed of pain because a man was stimulated into action by poison distilled from the false charge that the great peacemaker was an imperialistic friend...