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Word: toring (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...hour, until those at Socony Hall had no more money. Then said a Chinese: "We don't want money, anyway, wei want to kill." Some Chinese Nationalist friends of Consul Davis next arrived, carrying a Nationalist flag. This appeared to displease the attacking Chinese who seized the flag, tore it to shreds, and moved to attack Socony Hall. "My husband," said Mrs. Davis later, "shouted: 'Men, get your guns! Guard the women! Send up a rocket!"1 Soon U. S. and British shells began to whine over Socony Hall, Tribune, "we fell upon our knees and thanked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: NANKING | 4/4/1927 | See Source »

Last November a woman died in Frank Travia's Brooklyn apartment. Fearful, he locked the door, pulled down the shades. Then he set to work to hack her body into smaller pieces. As he tore loose each limb, he wrapped the mess in a neat bundle; at night a policeman caught him throwing the packages into the East River...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Son | 3/28/1927 | See Source »

Died. William Fuld, 54, toy manufacturer of Baltimore, Md. Superintending the replacement of a flagpole on his factory's roof, he balanced himself by a stanchion, which tore loose. His most famed and fortunate toy invention was the Ouija board...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Mar. 7, 1927 | 3/7/1927 | See Source »

...forefinger, though it stood 30 inches high and weighed 20 pounds. The hind paws were sharply clawed, for climbing and scratching. A sharp-pointed face peered out from a fringe of mustache, like a monkey's. The nose was hard, smooth, rubbery. With its sharp white teeth, the creature tore only vegetables, no flesh. What, asked Mr. Miller of scientists, is it? Pending further particulars, scientists would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What? | 2/28/1927 | See Source »

Distracted, the rich and pious Shet Arjunlal dashed about like a Mexican jumping-bean on a skillet. When told that one dog had leaped over a barrier, chewed off the ear of another dog and eaten it, Shet Arjunlal tore his garments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: At Kutta Nagar | 2/7/1927 | See Source »

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