Word: killings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Again, the movement is characterized by opposition to communism and the principle of class struggle. A very whole some negative plank is that which aims to kill the provincial quarrels and national divisions. The new patriotism aims to abolish civil war, banditry, military chiefs and war lords, in order to preserve the people before they perish...
...RACKET?Chicago shoots to kill...
Last of the condemned came the boy Juan Tirado. "Can I see my mother?" he asked, dully. Since his mother was not at hand, the request was refused. The riflemen, perhaps unnerved, did not shoot well-maimed but did not kill Juan Tirado...
...women were exhausted, but our captors did not show the slightest pity, pricking us men frequently and sometimes the women with bayonets, for the brigands all had French rifles. When we protested they threatened to kill us. Once they put me and Maillet in chains, binding us together by the legs, but, due to the women's weeping, they relented and gave us our liberty...
...only in a pecuniary sense is the aviatrix pursuing a wise course. The surest way to kill the insatiable demon of publicity is to give it all it wants and more--to attend receptions, have pictures taken, and appear on the stage until the demand, disgusted with such easy prey, turns to more elusive subjects such as the reticent Mr. Coolidge or the secretive government of Rumania. With her contract in vaudeville finished, as well as her connections with movies, beauty clays, and other such gold mines, Miss Elder may retire, as safe from the headlines as the pilot...