Word: take
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...this tribunal to weigh against her the evidence of these officers and take her alone against the lot of them. The suggestion I make is that the officers [who examined Miss Savidge] thought they were not failing in their duty, if they helped to ensure that there should be no prosecution for perjury [of the constables who falsely arrested...
...Loewenstein arrived at St. Ingbert from Brussels with fire in her pretty eyes. "This was due to your negligence!" she cried to Pilot Drew, "Take the plane back to Croyden and sell it. I never want to see it or you again...
...municipal memorial service for Captain Alfred Loewenstein was announced to take place at the Church of St. Michael and St. Gudale in Brussels, then cancelled "for the reason that the fact of Death has not been established," then reannounced...
...Sovereign of Liechtenstein, Johann Marie François Placide, Prince de Liechtenstein, Duc de Trappau et de Jägerndorf, lord of vast estates in Austria and Czechoslovakia, and owner of the famed Art Gallery in Vienna which bears his name, decided that it was time for him to take a shrewd step in respect to the inheritance taxes of Austria and Czechoslovakia, for the Prince is now aged four score and eight...
Slayer's Boast. Prince Felix Youssoupov has written autobiographically that he offered Rasputin poisoned wine, after first pretending to take a sip himself. When the Debauchee's potent digestion resisted liquid poison, Rasputin was induced to eat several pastries containing cyanide of potassium. Expectantly the nobles waited for their victim to collapse, and blanched with fear as the Black Monk, who was believed to possess occult powers, became merely hilarious after absorbing enough poison to kill a healthy elephant...