Word: commit
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Petitions for pardon of Warren K. Billings and Thomas J. Mooney have bothered governors of California since 1916, when the two were jailed for a Preparedness Day bombing which they have continued to insist they did not commit. Last July several States' witnesses renounced the testimony which had convicted Mooney & Billings, reopening the case (TIME, July 14 et seq.). The State Supreme Court, which has sole jurisdiction over Billings because he is a second-offender, sat not as a court but as an advisory pardon board. They heard the entire bombing rehashed. The Governor said he would...
...contrary to general U. S. belief in 1916 and since, the German Embassy and Consulates "were averse to attacks on American property . . . [and opposed] such a policy, so far as they possibly knew it was being carried out" by the political section of the German General Staff, which did commit some sabotage, according to the Commission...
...large proportion of every class consists of individuals with no coherent thoughts as to the possibilities of the future. In addition to this there are others who do not feel that they have a sufficient basis of experience to commit themselves to a definite plan of action. These men often have potential qualities of success greater than in those whose characters and aims are prematurely crystallized. When a freshman states positively that he is to be a lawyer or a doctor he is often merely repeating his parents ideas on the subject...
...Chicago, Mrs. Harriett Pfander sued Charles Pfander for divorce because lie asked her to commit suicide so he could marry his mistress...
...Northerner by birth and tradition. I am originally from Bismarck, N. Dak. My great-grandfather was a personal friend of Lincoln and outfitted a company with his own resources in the Northern army. Relatives and friends still reside in Bismarck. The second mistake was this: Precieuse did not commit suicide. ". . . In the agony of her grief, the white had striven to reassert itself. But now, as she threw her body forward and felt herself falling, even in that instant, the black finally triumphed. "Instantly the fear of a suicide's death stiffened the grip of her strong fingers...