Word: losses
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...patch of honeysuckle, Hunter Williams tripped. His gun went off. The shot hit Hunter Law, 20 feet away, in the left leg. It took almost two hours to get Hunter Law, 71, to Siler City for first aid. From there he was hurried to Greensboro where he died from loss of blood a few minutes after reaching a hospital. Hunter Brooks said that on the way to the hospital Hunter Law had begged Hunter Williams not to reproach himself for the tragedy, described it as "just one of those things that happen...
...grown in popularity. About one-tenth of the men in the Extra Session are over 30 years of ago, and usually have had previous business experience. Men who graduate from colleges which operate on the "quarter" plan instead of the "somester" plan are enabled to begin graduate work without loss of time...
...This outright looting of the nation has shaken many people's faith in democracy. Before the bonuseers begin another raid and shock the public conscience once again, before they start beating their tom-toms again, they would do well to reflect that it is only one step from a loss of faith in a lavish, undisciplined and unprincipled democracy to a loss of democracy itself...
When inquisitive Ralph Teetor was 6, he tried to open a locked bookcase drawer with a penknife. The knife slipped. The blade jabbed into the corner of his right eye. Loss of sight in both eyes followed...
...first performance and Wettergren was called in for rehearsal, proved that, if need be, she could save the situation even in Swedish. Her Car men was a creature of electric vitality. She knew her music well, gave it the subtlest inflections. Most singers would have been upset over the loss of a shoe. Wettergren never missed a line, treated the incident as if it belonged to the part...