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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Here, too, Cap "the Knife" Weinberger '38 not his first taste of handing out marching orders (at The Crimson, no doubt) Hears Kissinger boned up on how to commit war crimes here. Let us not forget the Defense Department contracts Harvard racks up. It was here that napaline, which was used to murder millions of Vietnamese was developed by Louis Berser. And down the street, the National Security and International Security programs train member of the CIA. Marine Corps and other war-mongers giving them "crisis control" lessons to prepare for Central America invasions...

Author: By Carla D. Williams, | Title: Anti-Apartheid Victory | 5/13/1985 | See Source »

This violence recurs in the album's one great misogyay song. "She Twists The Knife Again." The music here is almost upbeat, betraying Thompson's accusations as an act of defense rather than malice. Two years after his breakup with Linda, Thompson is still bitter: on this song, he lets his guitar gently weep in a way that is fat above anything George Harrison could envison in his wildest, rock-and-roli wet dreams...

Author: By Jeff Chase, | Title: To Be The Very Best | 4/26/1985 | See Source »

...Chuck finished him [a Druze militia man] with the classic knife attack. He grabbed the man's collar and twisted hard, dragging him downward, choking, with his throat exposed. The movement almost drags the throat onto the knife, and Chuck cut both the artery and the windpipe in a single...

Author: By David S. Graham, | Title: Killer's Show 'n Tell | 4/24/1985 | See Source »

...Neves was to be sworn in on March 15 as Brazil's first civilian President after 21 years of military rule, he had to undergo emergency surgery for diverticulitis, an inflammation of the intestinal tract. The operation appeared to be successful, but Neves soon had to go under the knife again, this time to remove a blockage caused by the first procedure. He seemed on his way to recovery once more, when another problem arose: internal hemorrhaging. He was rushed from the capital, Brasilia, for a third operation, at the Heart Institute of Sao Paulo's Hospital das Clinicas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brazil Medical Saga: Neves fights for his life | 4/15/1985 | See Source »

...study done for the Justice Department's National Institute of Justice suggests that passive resistance is a more effective tactic than is a counterattack. The study found that the victim is far more likely to get hurt when attempting to subdue the aggressor, particularly one with a knife or gun. The kind of resistance that has the best chance of success, explains Richard Block, a sociologist at Loyola University of Chicago, who conducted the study, is to attract the attention of possible rescuers or to try to flee. Block predicts that if too many citizens take up arms, criminals will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Up in Arms Over Crime | 4/8/1985 | See Source »

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