Word: knifing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...threatened to take revenge, tried to get at what had happened. Frightened students paraded before him. All their stories were vivid. No two were alike. Some had it that Casey had got up to throw Hallisey out of the window. Some had it that Hallisey had snatched his knife from Casey. Some had it that Casey, not Hallisey, had first said "funny fellow" and other words. "But the stabber," gasped one student, "how about calling the cops?" At this point Casey opened his eyes and laughed. So did Hallisey. The blood was red ink, the dagger rubber, the fight...
...Premier's servants, lifting the coffin lid,, were startled by something more ominous than a mere grinning skeleton, which might have seemed appropriate. The coffin contained instead a handsome disemboweling knife beautifully encased in a white leather scabbard and resting on a ceremonial tray. By this expensive present the Kamiya Keiseisha (Opposition Party) pointedly conveyed to the Premier their opinion that he is a perjurer and ought to commit harakiri...
...Haven, Conn., November 14.--Breaking a six-year dearth of victories over the Blue, the Harvard Freshman eleven overcame the Yale first-year outfit here yesterday by a 19 to 7 score. The Blue line was unable to withstand the knife-like thrusts of the Harvard backs, who launchd a tornadic attack that netted three touchdowns in the first half...
Later, in a hospital bed lay Michael Bremant, member of University of Pennsylvania wrestling team, with deep cuts in his legs, hands, back, face. In an adjoining room was his roommate, Francis E. Denniston, with his hands cut up. In jail was Anna Johnson, knife-wielding Negress. In the House of Detention were three black girls...
...Norman, Okla., Custodian T. I. Stark of the city dump ground stuck to his post for five days, digging diligently with a broken knife in the garbage pile, examining every orange rind and scrap of paper, until he found a tiny bit of blackened bandage. Twentyfour hours after this find, a tiny silver tube was found in the litter and restored to its owners, Dr. E. S. Lain and Dr. M. M. Roland. The tube contained a grain of radium, worth $4,000; had been thrown away by a careless nurse and located approximately in the dump heap...