Word: born
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Since the establishment of the Republic not a single military officer of any standing has ever committed suicide because he lost territory or for defalcation of duty. It follows then, that if in them a sense of shame was not born it must be instilled in their minds by an example such as is now provided by the execution...
...arrested in Leningrad in 1923. Hanley was caught trying to escape from Russia to Latvia in 1925. Each was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment, but, although they have served out their sentences, they are still being held. They told me they know of three other native-born Americans who are held prisoner in other Soviet camps...
...passed with no news from rural Soesdijk Palace before which stood a silent crowd, forbidden by palace officials to shout, or even to stamp their feet to keep warm. Finally with less than 24 hours of January left to make the birthday mugs legitimate, the Princess' Princess was born...
Juliana took it calmly. Fortnight before the baby was born she telephoned a friend in London: "Why everybody is making such a fuss as to whether I'm going to have a boy or not, I can't understand. I don't care myself. I'm going to have a dozen children, and sooner or later I'll have...
...other conversation went further. The human participant was a Chicago animal-trainer, Reuben Castang. London-born son of an animal buyer, black-haired Reuben entered circus work 50 years ago in Hamburg, Germany. His greatest boast: when Explorer Roald Amundsen planned to have polar bears instead of huskies haul sleds on his 1910 polar dash, he, Castang, was chosen as trainer. He taught 21 bears to pull sleds in harness. Then Amundsen decided to use dogs after all. Since then, Castang has trained chimpanzees almost exclusively...