Word: infliction
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...Aces" is not plagiarism, but anyone who remembers "Wings," "The Sky Hawk" and other pictures of their ilk, will begin to question the gentleman's veracity. One might even believe that "Ace of Aces" was produced when air-warfare extravaganzas--were in vogue, and that Radio Pictures hesitated to inflict it on audiences until more successful brethren had been forgotten. Engines roar, sputter, machine guns bark, and planes go down in flames, but the only redeeming feature is Richard Dix. Even worshippers of the red corpuscles however, might be induced to pity, the protruding jaw and the twisted snarl, which...
Enlightened though many Chinese statesmen are, the Nanking Government got around only last week to issuing a formal decree by which Chinese generals, provincial governors, mayors and all other local authorities were forbidden to inflict on Chinese newspapermen who arouse their ire "summary arrest, torture or execution...
...Attorney General of Georgia. He pointed to the 250-lb. warden of the Troup County chain gang, asked if his moon face was not "full of the milk of human kindness." He continued: "We are proud of our State and its history . . . not a vindictive people . . . not going to inflict punishment . . . make us the butt of ridicule . . . the people of Georgia need no defense...
...Whatever the Result." The Chicago convention will surely be bitter, probably protracted. The fight over Roosevelt will inflict deep ugly wounds. Last week party leaders prepared to administer first-aid after the carnage. In a "message of practical politics" 61 prominent Democrats appealed for contributions to the party's $1,500,000 Victory Fund and promised...
...write in a legible hand "Emily did it," on the back of an envelop which he had taken from his pocket. His wife, Emily Cobb, was found unconscious in the kitchen with blood-stains on her dress. Reconstructing the crime, however, Dr. Magrath found that in order to inflict such a wound, the gun must have been jammed against the man's jaw, the gun butt resting on the cellar floor. The whole affair must have taken place in the dark, the murderer probably kneeling on the floor. Such a situation was obviously absurd and when bits of shot were...