Word: die
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...were clinging; how they struggled to keep the open spout of the tank above water; how all hands shouted in unison to attract the lookout aboard the tanker Phoebus; how Machinist's Mate Rutan weakened and slipped into the sea and Radioman Copeland held on only to die later, while Deal and Metalsmith Moody S. Erwin were rescued. The Committee heard; but their minds dwelt on those snapping girders-an indication that the mighty Akron had buckled in the twisting storm before striking the water. And they thought back to a year ago when two men, E. C. McDonald...
...Bolivian Indians crawled up to white men on their knees, kissed their feet. In Bolivia he was an unwilling witness of the rape of a 13-year-old Indian girl. In Chiapas, Mexico, he saw a boy of 18 shot in cold blood by an officer, left to die in the street. Prudent Traveler Tschiffely, his eye on his goal, knew it was useless to interfere in such cases...
From 1910 until last week Uruguay acted like South America's model republic. Long trained to die in annual revolutions against dictators, Uruguayans had since 1910 had no revolution, no dictator. Their secret was a unique Constitution that split executive power between the President and an elected National Administrative...
...Argentine, spread rumor and uneasiness by word of mouth. Observers agreed that the Constitution from which all power had leaked last week was probably unrefillable. What the new Constitution would be depended on how well Dictator Terra put his case to rural Uruguayans who have almost forgotten how to die in civil...
...said: 'Certainly not. I am extremely anxious to have them all filmed before I die...