Word: assaults
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Before that, he was a top West Coast lawyer. Among other things, he successfully defended Cinemactor Victor McLaglen in five suits for assault and battery. Says he: "The fifth time he was sued, I told him it would be tough to prove self-defense...
With Gravy. In Chicago, Restaurateur Gus Scopos, arrested on assault charges after pouring hot grease over Customer Kenneth Carpenter, had the charges dismissed when he testified: "He ordered one hamburger-mind you, just one-then he poured a whole bottle of catsup over...
...Question. In Milwaukee, Lyle Gamroth, 22, punched his wife Janet in the nose and brandished a revolver at her, gave her wrist watch, engagement and wedding rings to his 17 year-old girlfriend, just before getting a six-month jail sentence for assault and battery screamed at his wife: "I don't know why you want to send me to prison...
...squinted baffledly at the latest microcephalic assault on science fiction [TIME, Sept. 6]: "Many science-fiction plots betray 'schizophrenic manifestations' in the minds of their authors...
Some Thai fighters get so expert at their special form of assault and battery that they run out of opponents. Often, to keep busy they try western-style boxing on the side (Chamroen, Robert Cohen's opponent in last week's western-style bout, is also his country's featherweight, bantamweight and lightweight champion, Thai style). But without their music, forbidden to use their feet, forced to depend on their padded fists, most Thai fighters are hamstrung. Effete westerners, Thai fans agree, have ruined a fine, manly sport with foolish rules...