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...body"-he's referring to the victim's but he's thinking of the heroine's. Both present problems, and before the problems are solved, poor Tony and Senta have been pursued through some of the finest scenery in Morocco by a couple of hilariously heinous international crooks portrayed by Herbert Lorn and a new menace named Klaus Kinski, who looks like Truman Capote with muscles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Hug-Her-Mug-Her in Morocco | 9/16/1966 | See Source »

...that he wants a retrial to establish his innocence. Although the state case against him may now largely rest on dead or forgetful witnesses, Sheppard got his wish last week from Cuyahoga County Prosecutor John T. Corrigan, who ordered a retrial because "society has been the victim of a heinous crime, and it demands redress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Supreme Court: The Press v. the Accused | 6/17/1966 | See Source »

...this country before the 1930's. In a short time it spread north to urban centers where it became popular among jazz musicians, homosexuals, and criminals. Then a lurid press campaign against the "weed of madness" roused the public to indignation over murders, rapes, infanticides, and all manner of heinous crimes supposedly committed under its influence. The most significant outcome of the resulting hysteria over the Marihuana Menace was the 1937 Marihuana Tax Act, which empowered the Treasure Department and its Bureau of Narcotics to control traffic in Cannabis...

Author: By Andrew T. Weil, | Title: Marihuana and the Law | 5/13/1966 | See Source »

...idea is to make things as complicated as possible without committing a "feep"--a mistake that goes out over the air--a heinous crime for any good controlman. And the emphasis is always on "elegance"--such as determining the point at which a record should be started down to the exact groove...

Author: By Marcia B. Kline, | Title: WHRB: Committed to an Esoteric Image | 4/20/1966 | See Source »

...first, McElveen refused to waive extradition. But Louisiana's Democratic Governor John McKeithen, calling the murder a "dastardly, heinous, cowardly deed," immediately set the legal wheels in motion. McElveen, formerly an honorary member of the Louisiana state police, changed his mind and returned voluntarily to jail and a murder charge. Meanwhile, FBI agents and state and local authorities searched for possible accomplices; police believe that there were three gunmen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Louisiana: Bleeding Bogalusa | 6/11/1965 | See Source »

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