Word: fatales
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...girl he was accused of raping, killed her mother and brother. Then he rejoined Constable Gallagher, downed a drink with him, asked to be taken to the home of the social worker who had brought the rape charge against him. When she answered the door, he fired a fifth fatal shot, handed his gun to Gallagher. When Gallagher and Sullivan finally reached their destination, police jailed the accommodating constable...
...Tuesday, Cousin Newbold was in vited to dinner at Fort Belvedere by the King. They dined about 8 o'clock in the evening and that afternoon the Bishop of Bradford had just uttered the fatal words about His Majesty's lack of church-going which brought Mrs. Simpson into British newspapers as the King's intended wife and occasioned His Majesty's abdication ten days later. Cousin Newbold found Cousin Wallis "still as gay, still as witty, but now she smiles more often than she laughs . . . diamonds and rubies . . . two orchids . . . bruised and sick at heart...
...scheduled and the curtain fell. Suddenly from the stage came screams, roars, shots. A juggler rushed out, distracted the audience by beginning his act in front of the curtain. Behind it, Dr. Hamiter was tugging a lion named George off prostrate Gladys Cote. Her lacerations were not fatal, but bacteria under the lion's claws were. Gangrene developed and in three days Bride Cote was dead...
...little late to talk any more about "le jour fatal" of November 3, but some time before President Roosevelt arrives in the Argentine he should know the effect his election has had on certain citadels of Americanism...
...aware that drunkenness is one of these factors. The Travelers Insurance Co. . . . while recognizing that statistical information is incomplete and unreliable, estimates that in the year 1935, 3.1% of all drivers in accidents were 'under the influence of liquor.' Of those involved in fatal accidents, the percentage given...