Word: dying
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...times tried (1933-36) for murdering his first wife (TIME, April 13 et ante); and Ruth Smith Ranking, 33, cinemagazine writer; in Los Angeles. When California quashed its murder charge against him last April, he went to Hollywood to adapt his death-cell memoirs (We Who Are About to Die...
...general Lussu had known during the War declared his readiness to die for Mussolini immediately after Mussolini became Premier. "Remembering how little desire he had shown to lose his life during the War I was amazed," Lussu reflected, "that he should be so anxious to die in time of peace." Another democratic Deputy told Lussu that opposition was useless, since tyranny could never triumph over faith. Then when a group of Fascists passed he replied to the Fascist salute, complained bitterly that Italians were developing a slave psychology...
...rather die...
...month depart from sound Republican doctrine. His cure was not to stop government spending, but to stop government borrowing. "In essence," declared he, "the system we demand is this: Tax everybody on the amount of money that he spends. We are all spenders. We must buy or die. The more we have to spend, the more we will spend. Hence, those who spend most will pay the most in taxes for the maintenance of government...
Vigdis fled with the baby, fell in with robbers, found protection at Olav's Christian court. To Ljot she said: "May you have the worst of deaths-and live long and miserably-you and all you hold dear. And may you see your children die most wretchedly before your eyes...