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...lynch law of Latin American justice is the "ley de fuga" (law of flight). This is supposed to empower police to shoot fleeing prisoners, but in practice often means that a troublesome prisoner is set free, then drilled before he can scoot out of range. From León in Mexico's State of Guanajuato last week came a tale of ley de fuga perfect except in one particular...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: 'Ley de Fuga | 2/15/1937 | See Source »

...immediate change in German economic policy was foreshadowed by this spectacular upping of Göring, but it served to emphasize the gradual drift of Der Führer away from the Party's economic radicals: Dr. Goebbels, Dr. Richard-Walther Darre, Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Robert Ley. Leader of the German Labor Front and Herr Wilhelm Keppler, an engineer who has had for three years the peculiar title of "Personal Economic Adviser to Adolf Hitler." These Tugwells of the Nazi regime have long been slipping and 36 hours after Göring took over last week Engineer Keppler...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Biggest Biggest | 11/2/1936 | See Source »

RESTLESS JUNGLE-Mary L. Jobe Ake-ley-McBride...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Ajricana | 11/2/1936 | See Source »

...British railroad to the Afghan border, the forts of New Chaman and Pishin. This is the land of the fanatic, black-bearded Pathans. And at Quetta, to draw their teeth, are stationed a British division, the Indian Staff College, a Royal Air Force training school and Sir Alexander Norman Ley Cater, 55-year-old bald bachelor and Agent to the Governor General...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: Moon Dance | 6/10/1935 | See Source »

...Life Extension Institute's President Ley could say to Attorney General Bennett last week was: "The Life Extension Institute is not practicing medicine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Life Extension | 4/22/1935 | See Source »

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