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...scene at the seaside Barcley Training Center that afternoon was like a festival. Thousands of civilians waited in high excitement as Doe's motorcade arrived. Workmen busily mounted five telephone poles in the ground alongside four that were already standing. In the meantime, the 13 condemned men were locked in a small white minibus 200 yds. away. The officers' tribunal had sentenced only eight of them to death, recommending life sentences for the other five. Nonetheless, the 17-member Peoples' Redemption Council, headed by Doe, decreed that all 13 should die. The council showed clemency, however...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LIBERIA: Savage Hours | 5/5/1980 | See Source »

...shares reached a peak, a new group of sharpers moved in, said Lefkowitz. Knowing the stock was astronomically overpriced, they began selling short. Among those known to have sold short, said Lefkowitz, were two ex-convicts, Sidney Barcley and Morris ("The Weasel") Miller, who got one-year prison terms in 1958 for SEC violations involving Canadian oil and uranium stocks. After the price plummeted, Barcley made the rounds of sweating brokerage houses offering "mob money" to bail the brokers out and take over their businesses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HIGH FINANCE: Pop Goes the Weasel | 2/8/1960 | See Source »

With the golf season more than halfway over. Coach Bill Barcley hasn't yet chosen a real team. Seven varsity candidates are still competing for posts on the regular 12-man squad: meanwhile Barclay is fielding what seems to be the best players in recent and fall competitions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Golfers Face BU Tilt Today | 4/27/1949 | See Source »

...Ladd (H) defeated R. M. Gallagher, 16-15, 16-15, 12-15, 11-15, 15-12; L. P. Marvin (H) defeated H. Barcley, 5-15, 10-15, 17-16, 15-10, 15-8; C. Stern (H) defeated S. S. Greeley, 15-13, 15-10, 11-15, 15-7; W. C. Ramsey (LIB) defeated N. R. Gidding, 16-14, 12-15, 15-10, 12-15, 18-16; J. C. Gildden (H) defeated C. H. Owsley...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yardling Racquetmen Subdue Lincoln's Inn Blues 4 to 1 | 2/11/1938 | See Source »

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