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Word: commit (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...report of the Athletic Director to the President which merit special attention, namely, the discussion of summer baseball, the questioning of the feasibility of polo as an intercollegiate sport, and the effort mentioned to make the coaching positions at Harvard more permanent. Unfortunately Mr. Bingham does not commit himself on either of the first two topics, he merely raises a question...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE ATHLETIC REPORT | 12/16/1931 | See Source »

...Morgantown, W. Va., Jessie Jolliffe decided to commit suicide. He paid all his bills, then called on an undertaker, asked the price of a funeral. The undertaker told him. Jessie Jolliffe objected, started a fight. Police arrested him. a judge sentenced him to six months in jail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Dec. 7, 1931 | 12/7/1931 | See Source »

...Valley Stream, N. Y., George Bishop tried to commit suicide by grinding up five electric light bulbs and eating them. Doctors found he had only a slight case of indigestion. Glass Eater Bishop used to eat glass in a side show...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Dec. 7, 1931 | 12/7/1931 | See Source »

...with a rough and ready simplicity that makes the audience forget the screen and follow merely the actions and dialogue of the protagonists. In "Five Star Final" he brings new highs in circulation figures to his tabloid by featuring a scandal of the past which forces the survivors to commit suicide rather than have their shame ruin a daughter's marriage...

Author: By E. W. R., | Title: CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 11/27/1931 | See Source »

...strait-jacket a highly intelligent school student is to commit a crime against education: to allow his liberty of study, (not to be confused with freedom from work), is to placate the gods of Wisdom and Learning. It is not hard to see which of the two courses of action Yale should pursue. --Yale Daily News

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Out of the Strait-jacket | 11/23/1931 | See Source »

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