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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...soldiers assigned to protect Marcos' chief political rival on his ill-fated return to the Philippines from exile in the U.S. Their stories were monotonously similar: at the moment of the slaying, each had been "searching the perimeter" of the security cordon for troublemakers. On hearing the fatal gunshot, each had turned back toward the plane from which Aquino had disembarked only seconds before, just in time to see a blue-uniformed gunman behind Aquino shoot him in the back of the head at pointblank range...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Philippines: Stepping Out of the Shadows | 1/9/1984 | See Source »

...controls of a car. Another tried to escape in a taxi. Police dragged four men, all of them either naked or clad only in underpants, out of the nearby River Lagan, where they had been submerged and were breathing through reeds. Another was marched away, blood dripping from a gunshot wound to his arm. The apprehended man grinned at Eyewitness Winston English and said, "It was worth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Northern Ireland: The I.R.A.'s Great Escape | 10/10/1983 | See Source »

...would be anesthetized with pentobarbital, suspended in nylon mesh slings and shot with a 9-mm Mauser from a distance of twelve or 15 feet. The dogs would then be carried into a lab, and people studying to be military surgeons would examine the damage and learn something about gunshot wounds, which might some day save human lives on a battlefield...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Thinking Animal Thoughts | 10/3/1983 | See Source »

Doctors who want to learn how to treat gunshot injuries should work in the emergency room of a city hospital, where they will find a variety of wounds. Certainly military physicians do not need to shoot dogs to get this kind of experience...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 29, 1983 | 8/29/1983 | See Source »

...liability insurance, and they do not have assets. The job of the lawyer is not simply to find the negligent party but the negligent solvent party." Russell Moran, editor of the New York Jury Verdict Reporter, puts it more bluntly: "A good lawyer will try to find anyone in gunshot range who has the ability...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Delving into Deep Pockets | 6/13/1983 | See Source »

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