Word: committing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...have felt the cooling shadow of death. The three strays are a tippling, has-been playwright (Thomas Mitchell), a dapper drugstore cowboy (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.), a lady of the evening (Rita Hayworth). In a Broadway honky-tonk they tie up with a small-time larcenist (John Qualen) about to commit suicide rather than face punishment for filching $3,000 to pamper his faithless wife. Before the evening is over they unite to win Qualen another $3,000, get themselves into some tense brushes with gamblers...
...year Mein Kampf was published (1925) he began "his desperate, singlehanded, 14-year struggle for England's soul and power of vision" by writing three little-known essays. In Shall We All Commit Suicide? he warned that in Germany "science [had gone] mad in the hands of demon-ridden masses." In Mass Effects in Modern Life he warned that mass production found its political form in the Bolshevik state. In Fifty Years Hence Churchill forecast the rise of fascist states whose power would far exceed the intelligence of their rulers, whose intelligence would far exceed their morals...
...further inducement, Mario Appelius observed that if the U. S. goes into World War II on the side of Great Britain it will "commit suicide," that the U. S. people can be "saved" only if Great Britain is knocked out too quickly for the U. S. to get into trouble with the Axis. His hopeful conclusion: "The speed of the Axis will probably save the American people from the great tragedy to which plutocracy has condemned...
...campaign at the last minute by planting guns on his supporters and then accusing them of plotting rebellion. Meanwhile Arias sat tight, confined himself to a little Red-baiting, watched his support pile up. His party had already answered the Fascist charges, promised that Panama "will not commit the folly of experimenting with Fascist, Nazi or Communist doctrines." Discouraged, muttering threats to seek power by force when "legal means" had failed, Alfaro scooted for the Canal Zone two days before the elections. Last June the National Electoral Jury announced the results: Arias, 107,759; Alfaro...
Young Willkie declined to commit himself on his father's chances in the election. "His speeches and his campaign speak for themselves," he said smilingly...