Word: necked
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...book Edward and the Edwardians, "the police discovered the Duke in a maison de rencontre of a particularly equivocal nature during a raid . . . The young man's evil reputation soon spread. The rumor gained ground that he was Jack the Ripper . . ." Because of his unusually long neck, his father would tell children of the royal family, "Don't call him Uncle Eddy, call him Uncle-Eddy-Collars-and-Cuffs." Until his death at the age of 28 in 1892 from "influenza complicated by pneumonia," he was in the direct line of succession to the British throne...
...southernmost outpost. At about 5:30 that afternoon, Cambodian soldiers heard gunfire and set out to investigate. They found the blue car riddled with bullets and smashed against a tree. The next morning the bodies of Frosch and Sawada were found. They had been savagely beaten in the neck and head, then shot repeatedly in the chest. No bloodstains were found in the car, indicating the execution had been performed after the crash. It was a reminder that, in this most random of wars, no risk can ever be completely calculated...
...sudden susurrus of shock ran through the Fort Hood, Texas, military courtroom. Defense Attorney Ossie Brown reacted as if someone had pinched his neck. The defendant, burly Staff Sergeant David Mitchell, 30, the first of the 17 soldiers so far charged in connection with the deaths of the My Lai villagers, stared in uncomprehending disbelief. Last week, just six hours and three witnesses into the proceedings, the lanky prosecutor, Captain Michael Swan, rose to say: "Your Honor, the prosecution rests its case...
Schneider was rushed to the Santiago Schneider was rushed to the Santiago Military Hospital, where surgeons worked for 90 minutes to remove three bullets from his chest, neck and forearm. That night he suffered a massive hemorrhage, and the following day remained near death. While police erected roadblocks around Santiago, President Frei placed the 90,000 men of the armed forces and carabineros on maximum alert...
...Quebec Province, and finally invoked emergency police powers under Canada's 1914 War Measures Act, which had never before been used in time of peace. If Trudeau was tough, the F.L.Q. terrorists were barbaric. They strangled Laporte, apparently by twisting a thin gold chain he wore around his neck, then stuffed his body in the trunk...