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Word: murderer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...They can let the grass grow in Fenway. And after a perfunctory series in Detroit, the Sox can relax, play golf, smoke dope and work out on the Nautilus, and manage their investments. And their fans can dream--about the pennant and the World Series and the horrible hatchet murder of Don Zimmer...

Author: By Paul A. Attanasio, | Title: Fenway Finale: Finishing With a Whimper | 10/3/1979 | See Source »

...United States Supreme Court Monday upheld the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruling that granted new trials to three men accused of the murder of Andrew P. Puopolo...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: United States Supreme Court Upholds Puopolo Case Retrial | 10/3/1979 | See Source »

...landlocked, poverty-stricken country that he renamed the Central African Empire (pop. 2 million). At a cost of $20 million, it was the most extravagant coronation since that of Napoleon, Bokassa's idol. Then the new Emperor intensified an already psychotic reign of terror, which included the mass murder last April of 100 youths who refused to wear school uniforms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AFRICA: Three Down | 10/1/1979 | See Source »

...lawyer by trade, he is breezy, tough and smart - and responsible. He was disturbed when ABC made Barbara Walters an anchorwoman; he was even more offended when Arledge began hyping up ABC News - a process that reached a nadir with the tabloid-style coverage of the "Son of Sam" murder case in 1977. Unable to match Cronkite's authority and popularity, Arledge countered with the gimmickry of three anchormen, "tossing" the news from Washington to London to Chicago...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEWSWATCH by Thomas Griffith: Telling the News vs. Zapping the Cornea | 10/1/1979 | See Source »

...chance to give a splendid performance as a psychopath -jaunty, furious, ingratiating, ignorant and intelligent in bewildering turns.) The film's deliberate piling up of superfluous minutiae tends to have a numbing effect even before the characters get down to the main business of the plot: the murder and its endless afterlife in court...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Policeman's Lot | 10/1/1979 | See Source »

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