Word: montresor
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...condemned to death, and held overnight in the greenhouse of the mansion. The next morning, Sept. 22, 1776, at 11 a.m., he was hanged at a point which is now 66th Street and Third Avenue in Manhattan. His calm dignity and poise made a deep impression on Captain John Montresor, an aide-de-camp to General Howe. It was Montresor who later reported Hale's last words: "I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country."* After the patriot's body was cut down, it was buried in an unmarked grave and forgotten...
...Vanitas," a clever editing of the Harvard Review's remarks on individual Houses, is a biting comment on so called "House character." "The Cask of Amontillado: A One Act TV Adaption" raps the current television trend of insufficiently presenting the works of great authors. Sid Ceasar in Montresor; Peter Lorre plays Fortunato...