Word: deeded
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...wish I could say just this to each one at the critical moment. I think we should have but little further trouble. It is a poor substitute for this to post a man's name publicly and hold him up to scorn after he has done the deed. It seems to be the only other thing to do, but I hope I shall not have occasion...
...minutes before, we had passed the turn in the road and the stone bridge where Perry and Johnson, the American "Y" secretaries, were killed in 1920, and our chauffeur had pointed out near the road the grave of the Nationalist Turkish leader, Shahin Bey, who had deplored the deed committed by his men, and bad himself been killed almost at the game place, during the French advance...
Whatever atrocities and cruelties occurred during the War, they are dimmed in comparison to those wrought in the post-War period due to the unheard of Chauvinism and the economic brutalities, as well as the severest militarism that the world has ever seen. The disgraceful deed begun in Versailies, when all the high ideals for which the Entente pretended to fight were thrown everboard, must be understood in its true light and revised, otherwise no peace can come to the world and new catastrophes must follow...
...next greatest need," he added, "is a great modern chemical laboratory for the thousand Professors and students now obliged to work in Boylston Hall. We have two admirable small laboratories--the Gibbs and Coolidge Memorial buildings--but they together accommodate only about 100, and according to deed of gift the Gibbs Laboratory is to be devoted wholly to research...
...written for the chambermaid's benefit--"Do Not Disturb Me." Then somewhat over-dramatically, Mrs. Regan unhooks the telephone, fires two shots, screams, and when help arrives, confesses that she has killed the villain in defense of her honor. Later on, Regan acknowledges that he had committed the deed; what follows is cleverly worked out and moves rapidly to a satisfactory ending...