Word: committing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Rubashov was one of the hundreds of old Bolsheviks whose deviation from the Stalinist "means justifies the end" philosophy meant certain death. His final hours are occupied by a challenge--he must decide between a silent, unobserved death, which would follow a confession for many crimes he did not commit, or death after a trial where he could speak out heroically against the new Bolshevism. He chose the former. Thus, Rubashov's death was a great tragedy, since it resulted from moral and intellectual capitulation...
Although Mrs. Bridges drowned, police think it unlikely that it was accidental, as she was an excellent swimmer. Her family testified that she had no reason they knew of to commit suicide...
Medical examiner Joseph DiClerico said the marks may have been caused by driftwood. At first, the police accepted Mrs. Bridges' death as suicide, but later learned she was an excellent swimmer. Her husband and friends say she had no reason to commit suicide. Also, witnesses claim they saw a blue Cadillac convertible similar to Mrs. Bridges, with a man and woman in it, near the scene of the crime...
...Greatest Danger. "The issue today is decency in public life against indecency . . . Our greatest danger is not from invasion by foreign armies. Our dangers are that we may commit suicide from within by complaisance with evil. Or by public tolerance of scandalous behavior. These evils have defeated many nations many times in history...
...Aguilar's death, plus war reparations. The Blackbirds balked at so costly a fine. Both factions then agreed to stage a man-to-man combat between Murderer Velasquez and a Weasel named Crazy Horse. Crazy Horse came out of the fight wounded and sulking, and threatened to commit suicide to distress the Blackbirds. At this impasse, last week the Guajiros appealed to the Venezuelan government to negotiate a peace. Pending arbitration, an uneasy truce settled over the Guajira plains...