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Word: annal (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Legg Menn Begun Givin New Buchs Inda Loupe Yeska-Day. Zee Pages List New Numbers Fore Every Phon Inda Citti, Annal Taiche Affek Sept. 18 Withee New Dial Sistrump...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Noe Kiddon | 9/6/1948 | See Source »

...There was a good precedent for mercy. In British annal's there was the case of a man the hangman could not hang. He was John Lee, a Devon murderer. On Feb. 23, 1885, he was thrice led, bound and black-hooded, to the gallows. In 30 minutes of trying, the hangman thrice released the trap and thrice it failed to open (rain had caused the wood to swell). Lee's death sentence was commuted to life in prison...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: One Should Not Peel an Orange | 3/17/1947 | See Source »

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