Word: fleshes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...recent events have shown why. Five New York City police officers last week were indicted on charges growing out of use of these devices to torture four men arrested on minor drug charges. Mark Davidson, 18, unveiled in court a back and abdomen laced with dozens of "fried flesh" marks, as his lawyer put it. The allegations so outraged Police Commissioner Benjamin Ward that he forced the retirement or transfer of some 20 supervising officers, including the department's third highest official...
...flesh you so fancifully fry is not so succulent, tasty or nice it's death for no reason and death for no reason is MURDER and the calf that you carve with a smile is MURDER and the turkey you so festively slice is MURDER...
...each of the dozens of stops. The only stir was caused by what she didn't wear to a gala at Milan's La Scala: a stunning gold lame creation that the Princess modestly eschewed for a more conventional gown. "When people are guiding you, they sometimes touch bare flesh," Diana explained later. "It's rather embarrassing...
...legs you see are burnt and bruised, My feet are galled by stones, My flesh for lack of food is gone, I'm little else but bones...
...with the others provided by doctors. The resulting painting, unveiled to the public in the current issue of Connoisseur, shows the essential Wyeth gazing out to sea, clad in a naval jacket from the War of 1812. "I like skeletons," avers Wyeth, 67. "They're more enduring than the flesh that hangs on them." And how did Mrs. Wyeth regard her husband's nod to physical if not artistic mortality? "I just loved it," she says, adding that she recognized the subject immediately because "I just knew what his skull would look like." True love indeed is more than skin...