Word: hanged
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...regrettable that the cloud of McGonigle's indictment many hang over the crowning event of this year's seniors' college careers. It is unfortunate that the person charged with opening and closing Commencement is also charged with several types of criminal conduct...
...been passing on the story that someone had seen the butchered cadavers of eight children. For undisclosed reasons Larson was detained by police on March 7 in Santa Lucia Cotzumalguapa, 55 miles south of Guatemala City. An angry crowd of several hundred people soon gathered outside the jail, shouting, "Hang the gringa!" forcing police to evacuate Larson to another jail. The enraged rioters burned down the police station, set fire to vehicles and fought police until tanks rolled in to restore order. Larson was kept in "protective custody" for 19 days before she was found innocent of baby- trafficking charges...
...newcomers would sit patiently for 10 or 20 years. Over long periods, stocks will almost surely outperform safer investments. But I know these people. Some will rush for the door the minute they see the value of their portfolio fall. They sold last week. The rest will hang on, knowing a dip is just a dip, a sigh is just a sigh -- but they will grow increasingly uncomfortable as the dip begins to look like a trough. At that point, they will become a little angry with themselves for ever having got into this mess. Perhaps they will feel...
...college dorm should be. It has not disappointed us, it has not insulted our minds and it has not reminded us of failure, as O'Shea suggests it should. Rather, it has provided more than 10 percent of the first year class with large suites, perfect walls to hang posters on, wall-to-wall carpeting and the opportunity to have a single sometime during the year...
Outside my room used to hang (until it was removed by overzealous inspectors) a chart detailing the number of fire alarms at 29G. At last count, we were up to nine. Several of these happened late at night. One of them happened in the morning during finals...