Word: said
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Richard Corbett," said the presiding judge, grave in his white lace collar and black hat, "did your mother ask you to kill her? . . . It was you who coolly and deliberately took her life...
...know what special attraction Rose Marie has for the King," said a member of the manager's staff at Drury Lane, "unless it is that His Majesty likes the tunefulness of the play and the fact that there is nothing in the text to cause embarrassment or uncomfortableness...
...Said the prisoner, turning to the Jury: "Gentlemen: My mother was suffering torture. The doctors agreed she could not recover. I felt that, though I broke the law, I did right. I'm willing to pay any penalty you think just. My action would not have been necessary if the state would pass a law enabling doctors to end the suffering of incurables...
...verdict makes no difference," said Richard Corbett gloomily. "I no longer have my mother...
Pounding for silence, and securing instantly a dead hush, the President said: "I hope there will soon be a favorable . answer to these questions." Then, amid I discontented grumbling, he proceeded with a stodgy though important speech, announcing that Soviet grain collectors in the provinces have succeeded in forcing the peasants to sell at the Government's price some eleven million tons of grain. This is 10% more than last year, will amply suffice to feed the Red Army and the proletarian population of Russia's cities throughout the winter. "Let us rejoice and sing!" cried the Peasant-President, motioning...