Word: executioner
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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A friend of the late Edward MacDowell and a pupil of the late Henry Hadley, Barrymore took up the piano at the age of 17. In his Hollywood home he has one of the most magnificent record collections in the movie colony. His favorite composers are Beethoven, Brahms, Schumann, Wagner...
Execution. Early last week the time came. A tremendous artillery barrage erased German defenses at Kerch and Perekop, cleared paths for the two armies from north and east. The defending troops (including many Rumanians) fell back swiftly, then broke. Soviet columns raced across the dusty mid-Crimean steppe at 50...
This time the target beyond the dark horizon was Palau, 1,176 miles due west of Truk, only 550 miles short of the Philippines. And this time it was a far bigger operation than any the U.S. Navy had previously undertaken in the Pacific. In fact, both in its execution...
At 3 a.m. on the ninth day after sentence, a guard unlocked Pierre Pucheu's cell, a chaplain said a brief mass. At the place of execution Pierre Pucheu spurned a blindfold, stared firmly at the firing squad, himself gave the command, "Ready! . . . Aim! . . . Fire!", then slumped in death...
Then the Japs, in desperation, guarantee that the flyers will be treated as ordinary prisoners of war if they will specify the base for the raid. The alternative-execution. The flyers are strongly tempted. Using their wings and a vase, they hold a secret ballot. If one set of wings...