Word: ams
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Getting dazedly to his feet, Mahmud gestured toward the hangman, grinned and shouted to the crowd: "He wants another ring!" He twisted his bound hands sufficiently to draw out a second ring from his pocket. The crowd broke into ululations of "Salavat!" Someone shouted for Mahmud to sing a song...
Mahmud thanked his well-wishers and reassured them: "Just now, I did not feel the touch of death. I am filled with calmness. I am traveling to eternity in peace." He submitted once more to the noose. This time the rope held, and Mahmud went to death dancing on air...
Last week Dawkins was promoted to Oxford's first team to play against Blackheath, one of Britain's top teams. Treating Blackheath as though it were Navy, Dawkins crashed home on two tries in Oxford's 36-0 victory. Hoisting a friendly pint of stout with his...
Bixler's trademark has been a constant stream of exciting outside lecturers. One week he mustered Educator Robert Hutchins, Philosopher Brand Blanshard, Industrialist Clarence Randall, Novelist Robert Penn Warren. Sometimes the results startled Bixler himself. "I am continually delighted by the student response," he once said. "There is this...
When Labor Secretary James P. Mitchell promised last April to eat his hat on the steps of the Labor Department if unemployment did not drop below 3,000,000 in October, he thought he was making a sure bet. But last week the Labor Department announced that although employment was...