Word: died
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...doomed to die of cancer and I would like to know what comfort there...
There "she lived in such style as to eclipse her 'neighbor George' (the King) in St. James's, across the way." There she died in 1744, aged 85, as her physicians attempted to "blister" her, vowing "I won't be blistered! And I won't die...
...unwillingness of the Deputies to face the situation, no matter by whom it may be presented. Rumor was busy with talk of a general election. Le Matin called upon "the leaders of the nation" to organize "a committee of public salvation" with the slogan, "Save France, or die in the attempt...
...influence, modes, cults and cliques, they succeed each other in gay, interminable succession-backed by a group of bright young people who want to see their names in print, or by a garretful of earnest intellectuals whose desire it is to break a lance for any forlorn cause and die if they can-or at least starve-on the barricade of some well fought for hope. The magazines are published in amazing covers of topaz and mauve and cinnamon. Braver than autumn leaves, they flourish for a while, bailiffs occupy the editorial rooms and grubby gentlemen attach the furniture...
...Communists (TIME, Dec. 7) was voted down by the House 351 to 122. During the debate former Labor Premier Macdonald cried: "These 12 men were put in prison after a trial conducted like a general election . . . after a most improper whoop." The Home Secretary, Sir William Joynson-Hicks, noted die-hard Conservative, replied to Mr. Macdonald's attack less pugnaciously than is his wont. He remarked: "My attention haying been called to these Communists, their activities were merely referred to the Attorney General." Attorney General Douglas Hogg then rose and "accepted full responsibility" for the prosecution...