Word: kill
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...leave the needle in the child's brain meant eventual death, most probably a horrible death in convulsions. To pull the needle out probably would kill the child. Yet there was the slightest of chances that it would survive the operation. Because it was only five months old, perhaps the brain of its own accord would repair the damage the needle had already done. Perhaps the child would live and grow up normally. But the doctor would not operate without the parents' consent. They consented...
...Paris. Mr. John W. Ransome as Boul, short for boulevard, nearly lost himself in enthusiasm for his part and shouted his way to fame. As a lightfingered taxi man he harbors much too warm a heart, and the humor for a really humorous part. As Pere Chevillan, a jovial kill or cure purveyor of religion who has laughed with, as well as at the world for so long that the donkey joke won't focus, Mr. W. H. Post also gives a splendid performance...
...Unden (Sweden) reaffirmed his well known position "taken on principal" that Germany, as a "Great Power," should alone be admitted, at present. He made it clear that he would use Sweden's vote to kill the candidacy of any other nation...
...general knowledge or to increased specialization. While a certain amount of specialization is desirable and necessary in our complex civilization, it has certain important dangers. In the scientist and teacher it is almost sure to lead to such narrowness as that which has done more than anything else to kill interest in the clas- sics. And of even wider significance than this, intensive specialization destroys perspective and an ability to correlate the knowledge gained in the specialist's field with the other facts and phases of life. This danger applies directly to students and men of affairs. In colleges...
...nineteen centuries ago. For the oracular omniscience from Brooklyn has placed a syndicated wreath on the grave of the supreme liar of history. The dramatic example which clinches the justification of lying further serves to revivify the long-dead Ananias. Were a man chasing a woman with intent to kill and the woman slipped down a side street unobserved. Dr. Caedmon asserts that he would feel no scruples in misdirecting her pursuer...