Word: commit
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...worried expression of the people on the streets of New York City, their mutterings to themselves. After four years the only asylum habit that clings to him is counting passengers as they get on and off elevators, to make sure none of them has slipped off to commit suicide...
...through a scrubby thicket under a hill. The grim haste of the figures plainly implies that The Hunt's quarry is Man. Explained Artist Gropper: "I felt the irony of the hunt-the sportsman's equal pleasure in hunting game and hunting Negroes-and I decided to commit it to paint...
...Robinson, buzzed in & out. The Black-Connery Bill was whipped into shape-40 hours a week maximum, 40? an hour minimum were its terms as given to the press. Previews and consultations were provided, one day for A. F. of L.'s William Green, who would not firmly commit himself; another day for C.I.O.'s John L. Lewis and Sidney Hillman, who gave generalized approval. After four days of intensive staffwork, the drive began. A message sped to Congress...
...defeating his hecklers by getting into the burning dance hall through the skylight; the Potter gang capturing the gold shipment by overcoming the staff of the armored car with gas released from an attacking automobile, an episode that will be censorable in several States since it suggests how to commit a crime...
...first place Fitton Field has for many years been a Waterloo for Harvard teams. There seems to be something about the place which causes the Crimson to fall completely apart and commit all sorts of baseball sins. Last year the nine was submerged 15-4, the team aiding the Crusaders to the extent of six errors and 13 bases on balls...