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...semiadmirable Miami loan shark named Chili Palmer, will bring down on his head by his squabble with a syndicate wide-body named Bones. A lot, is the answer. Bones walked off with Chili's leather jacket, and Chili, quite reasonably, punched Bones out and shot a crease in his scalp...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Real Tinsel | 8/13/1990 | See Source »

...buzz of chatter permeates the overheated bus. The conversations change topics with amazing speed. A pair of women, one of them the dark-curly haired women, discuss a mysterious stain on someone's scalp, then start talking about a math problem they couldn't solve--something about substituting theta for x. A few minutes later, the dark-curly haired woman exclaims, inexplicably, "But he's a married man, with kids...

Author: By Rebecca A. Jeschke, | Title: Enduring a Boring Trip For City's Excitement | 2/26/1990 | See Source »

...violence reported at the scene of the April 10 raid is legendary. According to The Crimson, the officers beat students with billy clubs, in many cases causing scalp wounds and facial cuts. Spectators and members of the press were arrested, and students were threatened...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Different Kind of Police Work | 4/7/1989 | See Source »

...floor. One of your fellow hostages tries to escape, and the guards beat him senseless. Another tries to commit suicide. One day you too reach the edge of your sanity. You begin furiously pounding your head against a wall. Blood oozes from your scalp and smears down your face...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hostages The Lost Life Of Terry Anderson | 3/20/1989 | See Source »

...roommate, French diplomat Marcel Fontaine (kidnaped March 22, 1985). Anderson is denied permission to send out a videotaped Christmas message to his family. The frustration becomes unbearable, and one day he walks over to a wall and beats his head against it. Blood seeps from Anderson's scalp. "Terry!" Fontaine pleads. "Think of your family...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hostages The Lost Life Of Terry Anderson | 3/20/1989 | See Source »

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