Word: confesser
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Singh's marathon interrogation began at 4 in the morning. He was asked to narrate the entire incident, but when he came to the point where the Chinese ambushers opened fire, the senior officer present "became wild and shouted back that it was incorrect, and that I must confess the Indians fired first." Singh at first refused. The Chinese threatened to shoot him, and "ultimately, they made me say that I could not judge at that time as to who fired first." After twelve hours of nearly continuous questioning, Karam Singh "was almost frozen and mentally and physically exhausted...
...part of the whole affair is the fact that Van Doren lied, and lied under oath. When he finally realized that he was caught in his lies, then, and then only, did he confess that he had made what he called a human mistake, and gave a maudlin explanation...
...Prime Minister's first bold move was a 16-day amnesty offer to Triad hoodlums who wanted to go straight. If they would confess past misdeeds, their testimony would not be used against them as evidence; the police would make every effort to protect them from predictable Triad reprisals; most important of all, they would not be subject to the sweeping new powers that Lee's government was giving the police, which in effect deprive all known criminals of habeas corpus. Confessions from suspicious crooks were few at first, but under constant radio and press warnings to "give...
...Having demonstrated the various advantages of adultery, the film goes on to make it clear to the movie audience that sexual dalliance between unmarried adolescents is really quite all right, provided they are in love and are willing to confess all to their parents and stand up in church when the girl gets pregnant...
...hair on Name That Tune?" Comedians moaned that without canned laughter they may well get none at all; politicians feared that they may have to tell when their speeches are ghosted. If absolute honesty prevails, observed New York Herald Tribune Critic Marie Torre, TV men may have to confess that Manners the butler is not a midget, that Lassie is not a bitch dog after all, and they may have to use real bullets instead of blanks on Westerns. ("This," she deadpanned, "we'd welcome...