Word: deeded
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Dominican Dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo has done many harsh acts and some stupid ones in his 30 years in power. But perhaps none has ever matched the deed he was accused of last week. The Organization of American States listened to detailed evidence that Trujillo personally plotted last month's nearly successful assassination attempt against Venezuela's President Rómulo Betancourt. The OAS found the case persuasive enough to vote 19 to 0 (with the Dominicans and the Venezuelans abstaining) to judge the evidence...
...under English law if the accused, at the time of the killing, was suffering from impaired mental responsibility.) The bench, like Johnson, took mercy into its own hands. Said bewigged Justice Slade: "No thinking person could feel other than the greatest sympathy for you. I accept that your terrible deed was done . . . solely to put your child out of its misery. But you knew you were breaking the law. I cannot pass over what you did, lest other people think they can do likewise...
...citrus industry is one of the state's biggest, that is tantamount to coming out for frost. Chairman J. R. Graves of the Florida Citrus Commission accused Tropicana of "premeditated and willful violation of the citrus code" (which prohibits producers from adding anything to fresh juice), called the deed "a reflection on the integrity of the entire industry." The Florida Citrus Commission called for punishment of Tropicana "in a degree commensurate with the seriousness of the offenses." Tropicana President Anthony T. Rossi admitted that he had ordered cane sugar syrup added to about half...
...Through a Microscope? Wheaton College (most prominent alumnus: Billy Graham) has a nine-part credo, which must be signed anew each year by every faculty member and trustee. It includes the literal, divine inspiration of Scripture, the doctrines of the virgin birth, sinfulness of man "in thought, word and deed," the redemption, resurrection and imminent return of Jesus Christ, "the everlasting blessedness of the saved, and the everlasting punishment of the lost...