Word: shots
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...cars and told that within a few hours the train would start for Peking. Instead of that, they were taken out, a dozen at a time, searched, and if loot was found on them, they were marched to the stone bridge in the centre of the town and shot...
...features, a high arching forehead, a keen mind, soft spoken (although suffering, like Edison, from deafness), courteous, kindly, possessed of a sense of humor-all the attributes commonly thought of as the height of human attainment. At Rutgers he was the Homer Hazel† of his day-a great shot putter, a sturdy footballer. He came forward and presented the public with an explanation** of what evolution is, its facts and theories and the religious attitudes with which it is compatible. He explained evolution, not Darwinism. Darwin was only one of those who have contributed to the doctrine of evolution...
...thought that two courses would be open to me-either I would be shot immediately, or, if I told all, I would be forgiven and allowed to engage in some work...
...ready to don their rubbers and go home with "Victory" and "I love you" ringing in their ears. For the Queen had become involved with the hardboiled revolutionary leader and it seemed almost inevitable that they would join forces. There was no excuse for the bloody ending (she was shot). It was probably furnished in the idea that death indicates honest tragedy. It was as out of place as a hearse on a hay ride...
...stock. Many speculators, deeming the issue of little value, sold it "short." There are, however, only 19,635 shares of it, and few of these are in Wall Street available for trading purposes. In consequence, there followed a signal case of "squeezing the shorts." From under 50, the stock shot up to about 70-not because it was intrinsically worth so much as because so many people had sold it who did not own it. The Stock Exchange is closely watching the stock, in fear of a corner developing. The "shorts" must either buy Sumatra preferred at high prices...