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...Once Padilla saw his mother and managed to mumble: "Communicate Magsaysay." But when Magsaysay reached Negros Occidental, he found Padilla's body, broken and dripping blood onto a police bench with 14 bullets in the back. Lacson smiled easily: "Shot dead in an attempt to make his getaway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PHILIPPINES: Justice for the Governor | 9/6/1954 | See Source »

President Getulio Vargas was in trouble. Every new clue to the assassination of an Air Force major and the shooting of Editor Carlos Lacerda (TIME, Aug. 16) seemed to point straight to the presidential palace. First the driver of the getaway cab identified a longtime Vargas bodyguard as one of the gunmen, but the man fled the palace before police could pick him up. Then angry air force officers, who staged their own investigation, seized another gunman and leaked a report that he claimed to have done the deed on order of Luthero Vargas, son of the President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRAZIL: The Palace Trail | 8/23/1954 | See Source »

...jack rabbit's getaway, shown in slow motion that reveals the jazz-beat leg action he uses to avoid tight places...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Aug. 23, 1954 | 8/23/1954 | See Source »

Little Caesar. In East Providence. R.I.. attempting to hold up a hardware store. Joseph Reposa was recognized by the proprietor, had his rusty, unloaded gun snatched from him, found his getaway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jul. 5, 1954 | 7/5/1954 | See Source »

...supposing some years later this branch manager told you: "Mr. McCloy, I told you that my friend and his friends had a scheme all set up, as I have told you, with tear gas and guns and getaway car, but that was a lot of bunk. It just wasn't true. I told you a false story about my friend." Would you be a bit puzzled as to why he would tell you such a false story about his friend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: THE OPPENHEIMER CASE | 6/28/1954 | See Source »

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