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Actually, Hays may earn his place in the record books by a mere 24 hours.Though a court-ordered delay is predicted, Texas authorities in Huntsville are scheduled to give a lethal injection the following day to convicted Killer Charles Milton, 30. Depending on reports from observers at both events, the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: A New Executioner: The Needle | 9/14/1981 | See Source »

Southern Russia and the Ukraine have sweltered through the hottest summer on record: wheat and corn have withered on the stalk. In addition, the weather played a cruel trick on farmers. When the grain was maturing and needed rain, the skies were cloudless. But as harvest time approached and dry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union: Trouble Down On the Farm | 8/31/1981 | See Source »

Maryknoll priests train for seven years, with fieldwork overseas or in the prisons or skid rows of the U.S. The challenge attracts only a handful nowadays (only three men will be ordained this year), but the Maryknoll Society remains the biggest U.S. Catholic foreign mission, with 765 priests, 109 brothers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Those Beleaguered Maryknollers | 7/6/1981 | See Source »

But South of the Border drew me back. In the hot early afternoon, it's nearly empty. The ice-cream store had three waiters but one customer; no one else wandered through Fort Pedro and its rows of Roman candles and cherry bombs. Even Mr. Holliday was gone, but he...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: 18 Hours South of the Border | 6/26/1981 | See Source »

On the water, the Block Island ferry was packed with spectators. Following a New England tradition, weekend sailors and yachtsmen, with school flags on their masts, tied their vessels in long rows to share company and liquor. As one spectator said, "There was a lot of madras out there."

Author: By Elizabeth L. Harpel, | Title: Sunday Afternoon on the Thames | 6/2/1981 | See Source »

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