Word: annal
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...only used the ambition and the ruthlessness and the arrogance to show man what to revolt against, He used the temerity to revolt and the will to change what one does not like too. Because he presaw the long roster of the other avatars . . . the long annal of the men and women who have anguished over man's condition and who have held up to us not only the mirror of our follies and greeds and lusts and fears, but have reminded us constantly of the tremendous shape of our godhead too ... of our capacity for honor and courage...
...protection of society, the November Annal of the Academy of Political and Social Science notes that the amount of protection society receives from the death penalty is nebulous and uncertain. No doubt there are some incorrigibles, but the majority of prisoners seem curable. Indeed Warden Lawes once noted: "I know of none released during my wardenship at Sing Sing who reverted to crime...