Word: hangmen
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...permissible revenge. When medieval kings began establishing strong central authority, and various offenses were perceived as crimes against the king's peace and his formal vanity, the older one-to-one system of compensation was abstracted into a legal machine of great brutality. After centuries of racks, gougings, hangmen and unspeakably inventive tortures, much of mankind adopted the lockup as its principal instrument of punishment, with occasional resort to the noose, guillotine and electric chair...
...streets of Lyon." Touvier obviously takes these threats seriously: he is staying out of sight. Commenting on Touvier's pardon and the memoirs of a Gestapo agent in France, written by Barbie, purchased for $36,000 and published by France-Soir, Resistance Hero Marcel Riviere remarked: "The hangmen of Lyon are prospering this year, aren't they...
...invincible SM-15 has outwitted imperialists, colonialists and Zionists in five books released by the Algerian State Publishing House. No Phantoms for Tel Aviv, Halt Plan Terror!, Rescue the Fedayeen Girl, Vengeance at Gaza and Hangmen Also Die are tailored for Arab readers. The fact that they are printed only in French, however, has restricted their audience in the Arab world. Even so, Saber has won himself a following of camp-conscious European devotees who affectionately refer to him as Achmed Bond...