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Word: committing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Countries were preoccupied with the ravages of the North Sea floods (see below), but said that the damage would not interfere with their commit ments to NATO defense. They were marking time because of French hesitations over a European Army...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Time to Whistle | 2/16/1953 | See Source »

Dean Moser said "the idea is definitely is mid-air,' but added that it was a reasonable request and "possible if enough girls commit themselves by next year." At the French Club meeting, only three or four girls said they were interested...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cliffedwellers May Get Own French House | 2/12/1953 | See Source »

...autopsy had revealed that Virginia Morton had died in the night of a heart attack and that her body bore no signs of strangulation. It was the opinion of the examiner that the defendant had never brought himself to commit the deed he thought he remembered. Said the judge: "You are free...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW YORK: Love Story | 2/9/1953 | See Source »

...Exporter Paley was found guilty of conspiring to commit piracy and sentenced to three years in a Federal penitentiary. The case will be appealed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 19, 1953 | 1/19/1953 | See Source »

Salt in the Wound. In Defiance, Ohio, Richard A. McClure, 20, tried to commit suicide, winged himself in the shoulder, drew a $25 fine and a suspended 30-day sentence for discharging a firearm within the city limits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jan. 19, 1953 | 1/19/1953 | See Source »

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