Word: slaughtered
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Barzor was scion of a rich Jewish family, prosperous and happy. His life was ruined when his young wife and child were killed in Herod's Slaughter of the Innocents. His attempt to murder Herod in revenge failed; by a series of lucky accidents he escaped into the desert to friendly Arabs. But he had become a man of fixed idea, and only bided his time to launch a rebellion against Herod and the eRomans who kept him in power. Then he met Rongus, a young Jew who had been sold into slavery by a mercenary uncle. Too high-spirited...
Another recommendation: Strike "premeditated murder" from the list of old Palestine crimes, replace it by two new ones: "ordinary murder" and "man-slaughter...
...exports it because the need for money is greater. Mr. Chadbourne will attempt to obtain a loan on Russian sugar. Said he: "I anticipate little difficulty. . . . United States banks have not lost a cent on Russian short term loans for the last eight years." To European sugarmen this slaughter of the Russian bogey represented an amazing accomplishment. When Mr. Chadbourne embarked he said: "I will return to Europe within six months, after I have had a rest. I have spent the last six months working 15 hours daily, including Sunday. . . . My Cuban friends, fortified by the cooperation of the entire...
...Fordham University football team last week eyed with disgust Rameses IV, a large untidy ram. Three weeks ago Mascot Rameses III, who had brought victory to the team for two seasons, was worried to death by mongrel dogs. Immediately a delegation was sent to a New Jersey slaughter house to pick a fit successor, for Fordham's game with St. Mary's College. The delegation surveyed all rams with care, picked as Rameses IV one whose tough, untidy appearance made him particularly lucky looking. Fortnight ago at the St. Mary's-Fordham game, Rameses IV stood...
...deepest gratitude for the scathing denunciation by O. D. Hill (TIME, Oct. 27) of the loathsome slaughter of 17 whales by Warwick M. Tompkins and his cohorts...