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...never saw a pattern," Binder said. "But once they got the knife in, they knew how to rip us apart...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Experts Debate 1983 Atlanta Murders | 2/6/1985 | See Source »

...repairs. One of the first steps was to install security fences and better lighting. Such measures irritated the thieves and drug peddlers who ruled the streets. They tore down the fences. Lindsey and some neighbors put the fences up again, then stood guard. One thug attacked Lindsey with a knife, slashed through his windbreaker and cut his stomach. Lindsey whipped out a .38 and shoved it under the knifer's nose. "I told him to get on his knees and beg," says Lindsey. "I could have killed that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Man of the Year | 1/7/1985 | See Source »

Hyman Rickover, father of the nuclear navy, friend of congressional committee chairmen, was accustomed to getting his way with defense contractors. Once, according to congressional investigators, while visiting General Dynamics' Electric Boat shipyard in Groton, Conn., the crusty admiral admired a horn-handled fruit knife and idly declared that he would like to have a dozen of them. Shipyard executives hopped to. The handle was shipped off to a General Dynamics' lab, where analysis revealed that it had been made from the horn of a rare Southeast Asian buffalo. More buffalo horn was sent for, and a dozen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Overrun Silent, Overrun Deep | 12/24/1984 | See Source »

Burns said police recovered the knife with which Torres allegedly stabbed Isenberg, but officials refused to say whether the weapon was found in Torres Posession...

Author: By John Rosenthal, | Title: Police Charge Suspect In Harvard Alumna Death | 12/7/1984 | See Source »

After the victim gave police a description of the suspect, they spotted Tholand crossing Dunster Street near Holyoke Center, Morse said When the officer was 10 feet away. Tholand dropped the knife, Morse said. Tholand was taken to the Cambridge Police and booked for armed robbery...

Author: By Brian W. Kladko, | Title: Two Students Assaulted On Cambridge Common | 12/4/1984 | See Source »

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