Word: bandit
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...police file which recounted in more than one ton of official documents a gory tale of 185 murders and more than 1,000 robberies committed by Man Singh over nearly 27 years. Man Singh was not only a respected local chieftain, but the fiercest and most feared dacoit (bandit) in all India...
...China's Chou Enlai. The Secretary of State enunciated a principle by which the U.S. would judge Peking's professions of peace. The principle was "nonrecourse to force." Hours later Chou replied in a speech that for him was almost moderate: he called no one a bandit or warmonger. The old demands were reiterated-for U.N. membership and an end to the trade embargo-but alongside them was a hint that Peking might be ready to "enter into negotiations with the responsible local authorities in Formosa." There was no question of Formosan independence, Chou insisted. But "conditions permitting...
...April 3, 1950, three ex-convicts shot and killed a messenger carrying $4,960 (along with more than $35,000 in non-negotiable checks) from the Reader's Digest offices near Pleasantville, N.Y. Two months later the killers were arrested. Tried and convicted were Calman Cooper, a paroled bandit, Harry Stein, a sullen thug, and Nathan Wissner, a habitual criminal. They were sentenced to die the week of Feb. 11, 1951-but justice was not to come so quickly...
...camps. In pursuit of the Senussi he sent "flying tribunals," which tortured their captives, hung them in bags from tall trees and dropped them out of airplanes. When Senussi Chief Omar El Muktar surrendered and asked for the status of a forgiven enemy, Graziani had him shot as a bandit...
Empathy. In North Hollywood, Liquor Store Owner Sidney Ravid reported to police that when he asked a holdup man to be lenient because he was just starting in business, the bandit replied, "I'm just starting in business too," took...