Word: martially
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...state of siege has been declared because murder and robbery are spreading throughout the country. Every person committing or attempting to commit murder or robbery will be tried by court-martial. ... If the accused is found guilty, he will be executed within three hours...
...presenting these highlights of history, several new techniques are used. Old newsreels are made to give effective pictures of world events of the time; accompanied by vigorous martial music they create the wonderful feeling of American power without words. The pictures of the political conventions are done with a magnificent enthusiasm. Bands blare, convention heads shout, people dance about madly: Yet the effect is invigorating, and the atmosphere of the political rally is brought across perfectly...
...caught by chance-when Canadian Intelligence Corpsmen casually inquired about his identity, got answers that did not add up. This week a court-martial was still at work figuring out how much time Adrien Demers must serve...
...eleven days the hamlet of Geetingsville,Ind. had offered prayers for Pfc. Robert A. Colby, sentenced to death in Germany after an Army court martial (TIME, Sept. 10). Last week Geetingsville heard what Bobby Colby had done. At Eisleben he had gone AWOL to find a drink, had been given four days' extra labor as punishment. That night he had taken a rifle, shot and killed his company commander and a passing lieutenant...
...more successful device is the use of the voices of what seems like hundreds of individuals. Each voice, in the inflection of its own part of the world and in the jargon of a particular martial trade, gives one molecular view of the campaign. A Brooklyn tankman tells of his disgust when his tank runs out of gas, a Canadian describes the hideous fighting around Caen, a Royal Navy man admits his road sickness when his assault craft is trucked cross-country to the Rhine, a Negro cook tells how he learned to fire a bazooka at Bastogne, a primly...