Word: hang
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...sentenced to hang by the neck until dead, the Mohammedan seemed stunned. Then suddenly Hakim Bakhtyar Rustomji Ratanji came to himself and without jittering or trembling gave his British judge with upraised arm the salute of Oriental warriors. As two wardens came to lead him from the prisoner's dock, Ratanji gave the same salute to the uncomfortable, astonished British jury...
...National Newspaper Federation. He and his Cabinet were accused of ''taking orders from the German Embassy." This raised the issue of freedom of the Press in France to its maximum power. Very tamely indeed Le Journal's revelations coupled Adolf Hitler's name with Jenny Hang, his chauffeur's sister; Erna Hanfstaengl, sister of his friend "Putzy"; Frau Winifred Wagner, widowed daughter-in-law of the composer; Margaret Slezak, daughter of a Viennese tenor; the Realmleader's late niece Greta Granbald; and the German cinema's lithe-limbed Leni Riefenstahl, who was quoted...
...good living. Oxygen is threatening the traditional supremacy of alcohol as general "pick-me-up." Drawn into the lungs in quick, deep breaths, it is said to produce effects quite similar to those of alcohol. Those who champion the superiority of alcohol point to the awesome "hang-overs" which they allege result from oxygen "jags." Others, however, deny this allegation and recommend oxygen in preference to the best Scotch...
...desk in Washington's National Press Building sits Emil Hurja, calm, amiable, and utterly unmoved by the tides of politics. He never argues, never raises his voice. His only eloquence is a flat, staccato statement of what he considers to be fact. On the walls of his office hang twelve portraits of Andrew Jackson. The portraits are appropriate, for Emil Hurja went to Washington to apply modern business methods to political patronage. To distribute several hundred thousand jobs where they would do the most good for the Party, he established a model system of "political clearance." Instead of simply...
...cinch she don't hang out in Battery Park. Give me a kiss...