Word: executioner
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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"Besides providing invaluable practise in execution," Williams remarked, "work on college magazines and papers imbues the aspirant with confidence, thereby saving useful years when he is working professionally. Of two men, both starting work on a newspaper together and both having the same amount of technique, the man with the...
As regards his contemporaries in college Williams feels that in almost every case it was possible to pick out those whose talent would bring them fame in their particular field of art. These were not necessarily those whose execution was most perfected.
Within 24 hours after the execution of José de Leon Toral, a dynamite bomb was exploded under the locomotive of the special train of Mexico's provisional president, Sefior Emilio Portes Gil (TIME, Dec. 10). The engine was derailed, one fireman was killed, and two coaches left the...
"Have him baptized at once!" ordered Husband Toral, "Otherwise I could not face my probable execution with a tranquil heart."
In presenting to the University authorities its suggestion and plan for a new and second Yard, the Student Council must have recognized the fact that the flexibility of the proposition was its greatest recommendation. Its purpose is probably less to bring about the execution of details than to establish the...