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...propaganda wheel in East Germany) had a vicious underdog snarl ("First fill our bellies, then talk morality") and magnificent, vulgar humor. Like the rest of the work, Mack the Knife* was a bitter satire of society and of schmalzy, popular music; it gave a ragtime catalogue of murder, arson and rape...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Odyssey of Mack the Knife | 2/13/1956 | See Source »

Point of Honor. In Troy, Ohio, cooperative Convict John Weaver, 33, readily admitted being a member of a gang that had pulled twelve burglaries and three arson jobs, explained soberly: "I've been treated so right I want to tell what I know...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jul. 4, 1955 | 7/4/1955 | See Source »

...cast will include Haliday (also manager of the theatre), Seymour Harvey '49, Jerry Kilty '49, Miles Morgan '49, Mendy Weisgal '49; Paul Sparer will handle props, and Arson Charles will be in charge of costumes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brattle to Present Plays in Summer | 5/2/1955 | See Source »

Sure that "hundreds of terrorists were in Washington City," he ordered all firemen on the alert against possible mass arson. Without bothering about legal authority, he ordered the arrest of "every human being" employed at Ford's Theatre...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Minutes of a Murder | 1/31/1955 | See Source »

...Ababa, Graziani stood up to address them when a couple of hand grenades bounced in. Graziani fell, crying, "They've killed me." Every Italian who had a weapon began firing into the crowd. In a few minutes there were a thousand dead in the palace grounds. Promiscuous killing, arson and pillaging went on for days. Total dead: 1,600. Even Mussolini protested, but Graziani, whose wounds were superficial, replied: "Mild measures never retained conquered soil." A few months later he was withdrawn from Ethiopia, created hereditary Marquis of Neghelli by King Victor Emmanuel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: The Unforgiving Lion | 1/24/1955 | See Source »

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