Word: law
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...fell unconscious. Before the police escort riding behind could open fire effectively, the attackers had seized what valuables they could and melted into the green hills. Soon afterward, General Jalandoni came to. About him were twelve dead, including the Philippines' first lady, her daughter, and her son-in-law, whose pregnant wife had stayed at home...
Married. Dom Joāo de Orléans e Bragança, 33, great-grandson of Brazil's last emperor, now a captain in the Brazilian air force; and Princess Fatima, 26, sister-in-law of Egypt's King Farouk; she for the second time; in Sintra, Portugal...
...after long illness; in Stamford, Conn. A longtime friend of Herbert Hoover (he was Hoover's aide in the World War I European food relief program) and an ardent wildlife conservationist (he authored the federal duck stamp bill to finance conservation measures), Senator Walcott helped write the law which...
...Federal Judge Edward A. Conger, who had heard the case, decided that the jury had been too generous. He set aside the verdict, held that Jimmy Moffett had not proved that it was his words that had saved Aramco. Besides, he said, such services were "the kind that the law says may not be compensated for because they are against 'public policy...
...home state of Massachusetts to the Klondike and finally to California, where the family decided to settle down. His school years were a running revolt against teachers and formal education, but he did get through high school. He tried boxing, took some thorough beatings, decided to read for the law after a deputy district attorney bawled him out for taking part in an unlicensed fight. One day when he was 21, he showed up with two black eyes to take his bar exam, passed it and hung out his shingle...