Word: executioner
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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TIME's account [April 4] of the execution of a small reddish-brown pig at San Quentin. Calif, was incorrect. The pig actually dropped unconscious, never to rise again, in twenty seconds and in all probability it was dead within a minute.
There has been much erroneous information published about Lethal Gas Chambers and this method of execution, but I did expect TIME to keep their records straight. My company has designed and manufactured Lethal Gas Chambers for all of the six states mentioned except Nevada and Arizona and including Oregon which...
At 10:39:20 a. m. cyanide eggs were dropped into a pan of sulfuric acid; at 10:39:30 the fumes reached the pig. It staggered to its feet nine times. At 10:40:05 it fell to the bottom of the cage. At 10:41:40 all reflex...
Rodgers and Hart have come to town, and their current musical, "I Married an Angel" eclipses many if not all of their previous successes. No part of it has to be carried along by the rest, and lyrics, music, plot, dialogue, dancing, sets, and costumes all contribute their equal shares...
"It has been a matter of sincere gratification to me to watch the development in this country of intercollegiate conferences on public affairs of which the Yale-Harvard-Princeton conference is a conspicuous example. The years of college training are an invaluable formative period for the younger generation in preparing...