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...lowered productivity of the village, the Khmer Rouge controller drives the survivors out into the fields at 4 a.m. for a twelve-hour workday. The daily food ration per person is seven spoonfuls of boiled rice gruel. Since last July there have been four suicides. Other peasants have gone berserk in the fields or have retreated into total, pathological silence. One Ko Tayou villager who fled to Thailand last month was Kim Am, 42, a Canadian-trained physician who survived the purges by masquerading as an illiterate peasant. According to Kim, at least 80% of the Cambodians he observed before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAMBODIA: Dirge of the Kampucheans | 10/2/1978 | See Source »

...smashed, which they did. Janey seemed a little sullen; it had not been a good day for hero worshippers. By midnight, the girls were back in their rooms, and it was about 12:30 when a drunken security guard at one of the electric power stations across town went berserk, throwing switches at random and putting all of Memphis into darkness on the eye of the first anniversary of Elvis's death, as if in great, silent tribute to the boy who dared to rock. The tribute was lost on most of the girls, who bolted and locked their doors...

Author: By George K. Sweetnam, | Title: Flowers for Elvis | 9/22/1978 | See Source »

Since Viet Nam, the armed forces have been under pressure to find a way to screen out those likely to commit atrocities. A British study showed that the soldier most likely to commit such acts is the mild-mannered, over-controlled type who goes berserk under heavy pressure. In Viet Nam, atrocities were frequently committed by those second in command, in high-stress jobs such as point...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Psychologists Go to War | 7/10/1978 | See Source »

...first half did not come as easy, as Princeton enjoyed a 3-1 lead until halfway through the opening stanza, when the stickmen played catch-up berserk style, scoring four goals in a little over a minute and a half. Egasti, Gordie Nelson, Bobby Mellen and Mr. Faught did the honors. That made...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Stickmen Conquer Ivy Foe Princeton, 14-10 | 5/1/1978 | See Source »

...When we did the five Oldies, these people went berserk. From then on, it was simply pandemonium...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rich Joffe: Greaser to Grad Student | 4/27/1978 | See Source »

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