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...lasted for ten terrible minutes. "The targets," remarked General Dyer, "were good." The official casualty list was 379 killed, 1,200 wounded. From Sir Michael Francis O'Dwyer, fire-eating Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab, next day came the message: "Your action correct. Lieutenant Governor approves." Other Britons and most Indians decidedly did not approve the massacre of Amritsar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Assassination at a Lecture | 3/25/1940 | See Source »

...definitely interior Freshman wrestling out fit dropped a decisive 23 to 15 decision to the East Providence High School. Harvey, Bailey, and Dwyer registered the Harvard points with a fall apiece...

Author: By William W. Tyng, | Title: Strong Grapplers Beat Cadets To Rank as Top Eastern Team | 1/15/1940 | See Source »

Last fortnight, after three more sensational victories (in the Belmont, the Withers and the Dwyer Stakes), and two record-breaking trials, railbirds were beginning once more to hail Johnstown as one of the great horses of all time, when he was beaten again by Challedon in the Arlington Classic at Chicago. If Johnstown recovers his lost prestige at Saratoga (and most turfmen think that he will), William Woodward may have another great champion to retire to stud...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scarlet Spots | 8/7/1939 | See Source »

...Dwyer and Miss O'Brien were among the few spectators who shrieked with glee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Double Trouble | 11/28/1938 | See Source »

While quick-thinking Police Clerk Dwyer announced to Washington newshawks that his newly famed wife had placed the bet for an undisclosed friend to whom she had to turn over her winnings, the two women went into hiding to avoid salesmen and reporters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Double Trouble | 11/28/1938 | See Source »

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