Word: executioner
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Indeed, Lee thought the end had come when he and a number of other captives were subjected to a grotesque mock execution. For Lee, the ruse was all too real: "I bought it. I thought I was a dead man." After the doomed rescue attempt, Lee and the other hostages...
The civil war in El Salvador is a conflict with no victors, only victims; indeed, there are those who would argue neither side deserves to win. Despite its commitment to a sweeping land reform program, the junta headed by Duarte has been tarnished by its inability to control the security...
The dilemma for the leaders seems to be this: Should they execute Mao's widow, or impose the death penalty but not carry it out? Peking sources say that powerful Vice Chairman Deng Xiaoping fears that executing Jiang Qing would not only deeply offend those Chinese who still cherish...
This time, however, police and postal authorities had little patience with the dissident evergreens. Post office employees grabbed two of the trees and passed them back into the building for questioning, while Cambridge police decided on a quick execution for the rest.
The intention is admirable; all depends on the execution. Can Allen, an ambitious man in his own right, be as self-effacing as he says when he is surrounded by so many temptations to exercise power? His task may be eased by the fact that he does not seem to...