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...believe he was found guilty before being proven innocent," a source said, adding "It was an easy way to get rid of an officer--he got the shaft...

Author: By Nancy F. Bauer, | Title: Former University Policeman Will Face Jury's Decision | 11/9/1979 | See Source »

Cambridge Mayor Thomas W. Danehy yesterday praised the police, saying, "we should get rid of all those types of places in Cambridge...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Police Raid Massage Parlor, Arrest 11 | 10/31/1979 | See Source »

Behind Carrington's bold handling of the crisis lies a determination on the part of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's Tory government to rid itself of the "Rhodesian cross" as swiftly as possible. The British policy shift involves more than a mere change of government from Labor to Tory. Perceptively reading the mood of the Commonwealth and front-line states, Carrington had first to dissuade Thatcher from a premature recognition of the Muzorewa government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ZIMBABWE RHODESIA: Breakthrough in London | 10/29/1979 | See Source »

...countdown on the use of radioactive materials." Harvard University and the University of Washington in Seattle, which use the isotopes for bio-medical research, have curtailed some projects. Declares James Summers, a radiation safety officer at Manhattan's Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center: "If we can't get rid of the stuff, we're going to have to cut back on research and testing; we can't just fill up the basement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Dump Slump | 10/29/1979 | See Source »

...turned Gilmore into a grotesque celebrity. Shortly before the prisoner was seated in front of a dirty mattress to face the firing squad, ABC-TV's Geraldo Rivera was screaming into his mike to his producers at Good Morning, America in New York: "Kill the Rona segment. Get rid of it. Give me air. You'll be able to hear the shots. I promise. You'll be able to hear the shots...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Doom as Theater | 10/22/1979 | See Source »

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