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Word: executioner (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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"Bill Henry runs the ball game himself," asserts Nelson. "I don't call sequences or plays; but the quarterbacks and defensive centers can check the execution of their plays."

Author: By Charles W. Bailey, | Title: Backfield Coach Nelson Was Here Before . . . With Harmon and West fall | 11/19/1948 | See Source »

The execution took place in the furnace room of a hat factory. Wearing a grey business suit and black bowler hat, Rouault stood by the open furnace door, tossed each painting singly into the flames. Now and then he would pause to pronounce one of them "not so bad," but...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Up in Smoke | 11/15/1948 | See Source »

Star-Spangled Shirt. When darkness came, Communist execution squads went from house to house, shooting "rightists" in their beds or marching them to collection points where they were mowed down. In 2-3-days, 500 civilians were slaughtered.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: KOREA: I'm For You | 11/8/1948 | See Source »

Rimsky-Korsakov took the material for his opera "Tsar Saltan" from a poem by Pushkin, and later drew from the score a set of musical pictures. Tuesday's program included three--the well-known March, the Introduction to Act II, and the Three Wonders. It is truly "picture music" of...

Author: By E. PARKER Hayden jr., | Title: Boston Symphony Orchestra | 10/28/1948 | See Source »

Roche played beautiful ball all the way. His punting was superb, with one long shot to the Dartmouth four-yard line far and away the best of the day. He ran well many times, and his touchdown pass to Ken O'Donnell was a masterpiece of timing and execution.

Author: By Charles W. Bailey, | Title: Crimson Shows No Sign Of Collapse in 3rd Loss | 10/25/1948 | See Source »

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