Word: signed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...availed him naught. His guilt was confessed. He had accepted a bribe of about $80 and that bribe had cost about 200 people their lives and much suffering to many scores. It was meet that he should die, and the crowd echoed the thought. Nowhere was there a sign of pity or sympathy, as there had been for Koeff. Strong arms seized him, sent him on a long journey...
...Field at Worcester should think back to the home run that won the last Crimson victory over the Purple in 1920. The last two frames did much to disillusion those who were so venturesome as to hope for victory, but the whole game may be taken as an optimistic sign of development, and as a welcome source of confidence before the imminent Yale series...
...cooling of the temperature may be a sign that the feverish activity of the last two weeks is drawing to a close. After a period of white heat, undergraduate intellects are resorting to their normal lukewarmness. A comfortable atmosphere again pervades the whole of Cambridge...
College authorities are not prone to welcome such printed criticism. Alumni cannot always be right. But the sincerity manifested in these letters is a healthy sign. Even college presidents are not infallible, and they cannot go far wrong, or go wrong for long, when a staunch and active body of alumni is alert to the situation...
...three condemned men were granted a reprieve of four days in order that they could appeal to the King, who, it was hinted, refused to sign the death warrants; and it was believed that the sentences would be commuted to imprisonment for life...