Word: skull
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Last week, three years later to the day, the Cortes again assembled in the lofty, ivory & pink chamber. Spotted among the Procuradores (Deputies) were skull-capped bishops in wine-colored robes and bemedaled generals. In the galleries were resplendent high-ranking diplomats who had boycotted the session three years...
...pulling its punch. It was police-state law, the enraged and petty law of men who know something is wrong and don't know what to do about it, the frustrated law of men who are laughed at and can only reply with a quick crack at your skull...
...classic tactic of trained street fighters, were ranks of stone-throwers. Messengers scurried between the lines to transmit orders from leaders, and on the sidelines girls stood by to help the wounded to safety. Infiltrators sneaked behind the police and, with the sickening crunch of brick against skull-bones, felled cop after...
...Odessa, Grace Marie Olliff, 20, lay critically ill after an auto crash in which her skull, pelvis and left leg were broken. Doctors said that she must have blood transfusions to save her life. The patient said she was not a Jehovah's Witness, would accept the blood. But her father William, 51, pushed into her room and shouted: "You're trying to kill my girl." Flanked by his two sons, he stood guard at the door to prevent a transfusion...
...Skull and Bones, Scroll and Key, Berzelius, Book and Snake, Elihu, and Wolfs-head, Yale's six societies, will claim 90 of the Eli's most "important" juniors. When quotas are filled, windows are slammed to indicate that the tapping has been completed, and the 400 or so juniors still in the courtyard begin to file...