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01. Convicted murderer Hanson Marlowe was [executed] this morning in the State Penitentiary despite protests from those opposed to the death penalty.

02. The [execution] of the criminal was observed by both his own family and that of his victim.

03. The terrorists have threatened to begin [executing] the hostages if their demands are not met by midnight.

04. The murderer was [executed] by lethal injection at 9:00 p.m.

05. The company has [executed] a plan which will ultimately result in a merger with their main competitor.

06. The pilot had to [execute] a difficult landing when one of the tires on the plane blew.

07. The planned [execution] of the prisoner resulted in widespread protests against the death penalty.

08. The state of Texas under governor George W. Bush led the U.S. in the [execution] of prisoners.

09. General Omar Bradley once remarked that if we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our [executioner].

10. Benjamin Franklin once observed that laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom [executed].

11. In England, the last [execution] of a witch took place in 1712.

12. The Russian Royal family was [executed] by the Bolsheviks in 1917.

13. The last person to be guillotined in France, Hamida Djandoubi, was [executed] in 1977.

14. In 1958, King Faisal of Iraq was publicly [executed] by revolutionaries.

15. Scotland's William Wallace was defeated by the English army in 1298, and later [executed] in London.

16. Alexandre Dumas once observed that no matter how hardened to danger a man may be, he always realizes from the pounding of his heart, and the shivering of his flesh, the enormous difference there is between a dream and reality, between a plan, and its [execution].

17. Today's personal computers can [execute] instructions in less than one millionth of a second.