Word: treasonous
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...discovery of the letters by Walsingham caused Mary's trial for treason; but she refused to answer before the court, saying that, as a crowned Queen, she was not a subject of Elizabeth and could not therefore be guilty of treason against her. Her silence was probably immaterial because her enemies were so powerful and numerous and state reasons for her death so strong that she would probably have been executed even had the truth been known...
...days later, Finance Minister Joseph Caillaux faced the Senators, 287 of whom, out of a total of 423, had condemned him five years before for treason (TIME, June 2). M. Caillaux expounded his financial policy. The Senate listened attentively, deferentially, but said nothing. This was taken to mean that the Upper House was prepared to give the Finance Minister a chance before passing judgment either on him or the Government...
...barbarous civilization which requires an eye for an eye and a death for a death. Metzdorf traced the evolution of punishment from the days when death was administered for all crimes to the present, when it is imposed for only three. He dwelt on these three, murder, treason and rape, with great forces showing how it is merely vengeance which calls for the death of the offender...
...Pennsylvania team was composed of William MeCahan, H. T. Inman, and Harold Bean. Their defense of the death penalty rested on the impossibility of returning criminals who are guilty of rape, treason, or murder in the first degree...
...been violated. They also found, on an inner page, a reproduction of a Manet nude, brazenly doctored to show a winking eye and a tipping wine glass. The title of this picture was given as The Goddess of Liberty; the artist, "Mr. Hotmama"; the caption, "If this be treason, make the most of it." The Boston Police Force did make the most of it. For the first time in The Lampoon's 40 years, it was ordered off the Boston newsstands by Law. Theretofore, its occasional involuntary suppressions had been commanded by the Harvard Faculty...