Word: knifings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Parry & Thrust. In Parry Sound, Ont, Russian Philip Malar stabbed Austrian Ted Kamanarski with a butcher knife, explained to the police that his offense...
...insane again, and that Charles was taking her to the safety of the local asylum. They also knew that Charles had once been confined there himself, when family worries caused a temporary loss of his mind. The year after he was discharged, Mary suddenly seized a kitchen knife, wounded her imbecile father and stabbed her mother through the heart. Thereafter Charles made a vow never to leave his sister. Unmarried, devoted, they lived together for 35 years (1799-1834). Author Howe's touching study centers around the eccentric, fascinating household of this most curious pair in English literature...
...press conference with a bandage on the nape of his neck, he said it was because he had had a growing wen removed. He mentioned this, he said, so that Secretary Steve Early could have a respite from reporters who had heard that the President had been under the knife...
Stitch In Time. In the springtime, young Earl used to cut willow branches with his pocket knife and whittle whistles. One afternoon he fell off a lurching wagon and almost bit off his tongue. Several quick stitches by the family doctor saved the unruly member for future high-school debating. Iowa speechmaking, and eventual policy-pronouncing from Republican National Headquarters. When he was still a boy, Earl settled on law as his career. He hung around the county courthouse after school, listening with interest to the routine trials of routine lawbreakers. Through his father, Zwingle Spangler, who carried weight...
Horacio Guimaraes could stand no more. He burst from his house, invaded the sacred ground shouting curses at Ricardina. The High Priest came to her rescue. Drawing a knife, Horacio stabbed him four times. He died. Horacio ran away, was caught and consigned to the peace & quiet of jail...