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Word: fell (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Well, it fell upon me to decide whether or not he would be prosecuted. We did put him in jail, as you know, and he made no effort to escape. That ended him with his worshipers; and, after his release, a man took his place who was really a far more dangerous person than Gandhi himself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mahatma Hunter | 3/28/1927 | See Source »

...Pound Class Carl Corson defeated Joseph Solan by a fell a 7:30 minutes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TWO MATMEN ARE DOUBLE WINNERS IN TOURNAMENT | 3/28/1927 | See Source »

...seasons, frequently as many as 150 to 200 men were seen in the doctor's room daily. Many of these required no further medical treatment than advice but any injury severe enough to keep an individual from taking part in practice was recorded. In the winter the number seen fell off to between 10 and 50 daily, gaining again with the advent of spring sports...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DR. RICHARDS TELLS OF WORK AS H.A.A. SURGEON | 3/22/1927 | See Source »

...southwest side, last week. The second car drew up alongside the first, poured into it a stream of machine-gun, shotgun and revolver fire. Brakes shrieked; the first sedan careened toward the curb. Like rats leaving a doomed ship, two men jumped out. One sprinted 100 yards, fell on his face on the pavement-dead, full of little holes. The other floundered across a vacant lot, died with seven bullets in his flesh. . . . They, Frank Koncil and Charles Hrubek, were members of "Polack Joe" Saltis' bootlegging gang. Rival thugs had killed them. This was only another episode in Chicago...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Smart Young Men | 3/21/1927 | See Source »

...drooped there darkly by night. The Girl Scouts and local War veterans protested, but nothing was done until one night last week, unable to stand it longer, Girl Scout Mildred Sorenson, 15, climbed the hoisting tower and chopped the flag free. Coming down she lost her hold, fell 40 feet, never regained consciousness. Lexington, Neb., felt better posted on flag etiquette...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Flag Etiquette | 3/21/1927 | See Source »

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