Word: brought
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...autopsy showed that the woman had probably had no more than about three months to live, prompting one official to state privately that her killing "was the humane thing to do." But the inquest also brought out evidence of a criminal offense, "aid . . . in commission of suicide." The government had long known about this Eskimo custom, but never before had it had enough evidence to prosecute...
...Authentic? They also brought back to class more news than was being printed in the daily papers. Before long, the six professionals were unashamedly cribbing from their classmates' homework. After six months, Editor Efron decided that her newshawks were ready to put out their own model newspaper. Printed in a limited edition of 1,000 copies and distributed to government offices, labor unions, political parties and cafés, Vol. 1, No. 1 of Journal caused a national uproar...
...that "I could have picked up the shares for a lot less if I had waited." But he was still confident that Consolidated's 6-36 bomber would pull him into smoother air. To get the bugs out of the 6-36 and get it into production, he brought in ex-T.W.A. President La Motte T. Cohû as boss...
...Revlon Products Corp. brought out a combination ballpoint pen and lipstick (choice of ten shades). The name: Fashion-Write. Price: $1.50, plus...
When the Reverend Samuel Parris took the ministry of tiny Salem Village in 1689, he brought with him two dark-skinned slaves he had picked up while trading in Barbados. One of the slaves, an ageless woman named Tituba, became the darling of Salem's teen-age girls. In a stern Puritan community that shunned amusement, Tituba's stealthy demonstrations of West Indian voodoo could be wonderfully thrilling. But to children like Betty Parris and her cousin Abigail the shows also brought spasms of guilt, for they were convinced they were trafficking with the devil...