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...Hitch. In Los Angeles, Dolores Lozana waked from a nightmare, kicked at a man she thought she saw standing near the foot of her bed, fractured her ankle on the bedpost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Oct. 16, 1944 | 10/16/1944 | See Source »

...Washington, Speaker of the House William Brockman Bankhead banged his foot on a bedpost, broke his toe, took to crutches...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, May 16, 1938 | 5/16/1938 | See Source »

...four hypodermic injections of 1/150 grains each. For three hours he was incoherent. Then he revealed that he had downed several drinks with Mrs. Harlass, tried to quiet her when she became boisterous, struck and choked her, tore her clothes. When she fell, cracked her head against a metal bedpost and lost consciousness, Frisch tried to revive her by biting her, failed, remained several hours, departed. What he did not tell while under the influence of scopolamine was that he had imitated a woman's voice when he answered the telephone. He was held for first-degree murder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Scopolamine Confession | 11/18/1935 | See Source »

...sleepy and then went up to bed, taking the cat with her. She was half undressed when the gentlemen in white began breaking down her front door. They roared when, having shot their way into the bedroom, the cat confronted them, licking nervous chops, on the top of a bedpost. One man fired from the hip; the cat tumbled off the post. The woman had fainted but they revived her. Then they stripped her, beat her unconscious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LYNCHING: In Toombs | 1/10/1927 | See Source »

...stared. Slowly but surely Lampy drooped. His legs elongated, his arms became wings, his nose became a beak. It was - it was the Ibis. Still he could talk. "Who did lemonade?" he squeaked. I took the only rope I had - my tennis net - and tied it to the bedpost. "Did you ever see tennis net?" he chuckled. I threw it out the window. "What was it kerosene?" I began to descend. The Ibis leaned far out the window and screeched, 'Will you subscribe?" - and I woke...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AFTER THE GERMAN. | 10/14/1881 | See Source »

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