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...said, "and my grandsons have to see me like this!" A surgeon told of resorting to his pocketknife to amputate the leg of Daina Bradley. Sue Mallonee, an epidemiologist, explained the injuries seen in pictures shown to the jury: dozens of lacerations on Fred Kubasta's back; the severed jugular vein, carotid artery and esophagus of Polly Nichols (miraculously, she lived...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME AND PUNISHMENT: DAY OF RECKONING | 6/16/1997 | See Source »

...child's return. These odds, however, are obviously less than certain. And after a couple of close, sadistic encounters with the criminals, Tom becomes convinced they have no intention of returning his son alive. Therefore, he decides to follow his instincts. Which, of course, lead straight to the jugular...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: BUSINESS AS UNUSUAL | 11/11/1996 | See Source »

...rambling monologue of an infomercial by Ross Perot, a sad portrait of a man excluded from the limelight and desperately trying to claw his way back in, the debate began. The air was thick with anticipation: Would the hatchet man return? Would Bob Dole finally go for the jugular, as we suspect he has wanted to all along...

Author: By Ethan M. Tucker, | Title: Just A Man | 10/17/1996 | See Source »

...controversial ad in which a pair of white hands are shown crumpling a pink slip as a narrator puts the onus on racial quotas. "The ads were race baiting and untrue," said Mandy Grunwald, Gantt's media adviser. "Alex has a crisp, clear way of going for the jugular." Castellanos believes in finding what he calls "the truest thing you can say about someone. If you find the truest nugget, it will resonate." But Castellanos knows how hard Dole can be to please. He worked for Dole twice during the 1988 primary campaign--once until Dole fired him and once...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAMPAIGN '96: ALEX HAS A CRISP, CLEAR WAY OF GOING FOR THE JUGULAR | 9/16/1996 | See Source »

...SEEING IT: This go-for-the-jugular ad harks back to Bush's similar slam against Dole in 1988. The Gramm ad, which (unfairly) characterizes Dole as willing to settle for an unbalanced budget, will air immediately in South Carolina, which Gramm has touted as a must-win state. First rule of negative advertising: it also hurts the one dishing the dirt. Gramm is delaying using this ad in New Hampshire, where his negatives are already uncomfortably high. He'll wait until the homestretch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AND NOW A WORD FROM OUR SPONSOR | 1/15/1996 | See Source »

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