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The next day a makeshift tribunal consisting of five mullahs was set up in a corner of the prison yard. They sent a few new prisoners to the execution squads before my time came for interrogation. One of the clergymen asked me whether I remembered where my brother was. When...
I was sent to the bathroom to perform my ablutions as a Muslim before the execution. There I met two other condemned political prisoners. One said they had both tried and failed to squeeze through a narrow opening into what looked like a ventilating shaft. To make a ladder for...
Mosteller, immediate past president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a standing member of its Institute for Health, has pursued extensive health service research in the cost-effectiveness of advancements in medical technology. He is currently researching innovations in the design and execution of surgical treatments...
Thatcher purges, Labor fissions, and here come the Social Democrats The London Sun called it "Maggie's Monday Massacre," and it indeed turned out to be a purification rite more sweeping in its execution than the experts had anticipated. In a ruthless purge of her Cabinet last week. Prime...
"We're trying more through balls this year, working the ball down the middle," said Ford. "We just have to work on our speed of execution and speed up the offense a bit."