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Schools in the power conferences might dodge the Olympic sports hangman.
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Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 14 June 2024
From the fabulous Hiromi to a dark stage comedy about hangmen to a breathtaking exhibit about migration, there’s a lot to see and do this weekend.
—Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2024
But, unfortunately for those involved, there really was a murder during the cold 1899 winter at Lituya Bay and, ultimately, a hangman’s rope for the murderer.
—David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Aug. 2023
The scene is England’s North in the mid-1960s and the action — inspired by the abolishment of hanging for capital crimes — takes place principally in the Lancashire pub of Alice (Tracie Bennett) and Harry (David Threlfall), the latter compelled to retire from his job as the last English hangman.
—Washington Post, 22 Apr. 2022
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Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 14 June 2024
From the fabulous Hiromi to a dark stage comedy about hangmen to a breathtaking exhibit about migration, there’s a lot to see and do this weekend.
—Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2024
But, unfortunately for those involved, there really was a murder during the cold 1899 winter at Lituya Bay and, ultimately, a hangman’s rope for the murderer.
—David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Aug. 2023
The scene is England’s North in the mid-1960s and the action — inspired by the abolishment of hanging for capital crimes — takes place principally in the Lancashire pub of Alice (Tracie Bennett) and Harry (David Threlfall), the latter compelled to retire from his job as the last English hangman.
—Washington Post, 22 Apr. 2022
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“Hangman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hangman. Accessed 6 Oct. 2024.
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