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Word: jugular (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Died. Harry Wright Rogers, 36, pioneer pilot, oldtime airline operator; of a jugular gash received in his first serious crash in 17 years of spectacular flying: near the Glenn Curtiss Airport (of which he was operations manager), Long Island. Died. Mrs. Winifred Finlay Fosdick, wife of Lawyer Raymond Elaine Fosdick; by her own hand (pistol), after shooting her children, Susan, 15, and Raymond Elaine Jr., 10, to death in their sleep; in Montclair, N. J. Reason: homicidal mania growing out of a progressive form of paranoia for which she had been under treatment for several years. Brother of Manhattan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Apr. 11, 1932 | 4/11/1932 | See Source »

...buff. At the side of each is a second. Doctors and corporation officials are present; fellow members sit about drinking beer and watching the "fun." About the middle of each duelist is fastened a protective pad, about each throat a thick scarf to prevent severance of the jugular vein. Over the eyes are placed wire mesh goggles; a steel snout protects the nose. The duelists' prime targets are one another's cheeks and forehead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Old German Custom | 6/16/1930 | See Source »

...Iloilo, P. I., a dying steel-spurred righting cock, wildly fluttering, fatally gaffed Juan Martinez, spectator, in the jugular vein...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Jun. 2, 1930 | 6/2/1930 | See Source »

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