Word: sterne
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Kings Bench Division last week Mr. Justice Avory fixed a stern eye upon wealthy Martin Coles Harman...
...Although stern, Hungarian justice is well tempered by mercy. This was the first execution of a woman in Hungary since 1867, the year in which Kaiser Franz Joseph was crowned King. He would permit no woman to be hanged, and not until the present gruesome epidemic of female poisonings occurred, was the female death penalty revived. Three more murderesses will be hanged, unless reprieved by His Serene Highness the Governor of the Kingdom, Admiral Nicholas Horthy de Nagybanya. Of the 40 women arrested for poisoning husbands, children and lovers, most received prison sentences or were acquitted...
...oldster, to a stern radical-Socialist with a dauntless record of success, fussy little President Gaston Doumergue of France handed last week the mandate of a Prime Minister...
...University team is facing its two stern opponents with confidence, Coach Wachter said yesterday afternoon. The C. C. N. Y. team has been practising all fall, and has already played several matches. Their head-coach, Don Holdman, is an old teammate of Wachter's and teaches the same system of five-man offence. Technically, therefore, the game promises to be close. This will be Harvard's first game with the City College of New York...
...recent game with the powerful team representing Brown University, the Boston hoopsters lost to a lead of only one point. The danger of Harvard's easy victory over the Crusaders is a possible let-down on the part of the team. Coach Wachter is therefore stressing the stern qualities of tonight's struggle...