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...magistrates, attackers can be forced, in effect, to compensate their victims by the punch. Sample penalties: $84 for a simple graze, $168 for a black eye, $1,428 for a broken nose, $2,940 for a fractured jaw and as much as $13,440 for a serious facial scar. Said Home Office Minister John Patten: "I am anxious that the victims get a better deal." As for the bad guys, sock...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain: Socking It to The Bad Guys | 10/3/1988 | See Source »

...alight -- his mother, father, sister, wife and two of his three children -- the Senator is swamped by friends and the curious, all straining to get a glimpse of the man who vanished from sight seven months ago. In a blazer and an open-neck shirt that reveals a tiny scar, he looks like the healthiest person here, trim, energetic and tan. He makes his way to a picnic bench, where he waits his turn to speak at what he calls the "most important event in my public life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Biden Is Also Reborn | 9/12/1988 | See Source »

...remain so frail that even trivial events damaged him. His standing slipped in early August, for instance, after Reagan called him an "invalid" while Republicans floated a rumor that Dukakis had once sought psychological counseling. Reagan retracted his remark, and the gossip proved unfounded, but it left a scar. Bush planted what might be a more durable brand; in TIME's poll, 40% of likely voters agreed with the statement that Dukakis is "too liberal." A successful Republican convention, during which Bush managed to sever the umbilical cord binding him to Reagan, put the race on an even footing. Even...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shifting Mist | 9/12/1988 | See Source »

...keeping them from doing too much too soon because they feel so much better." Another important advantage is that the operation can be repeated or followed by a laminectomy if necessary. But when the more drastic operation is performed first, reoperation is much more difficult because of the scar tissue and adhesions that often form around the nerve roots, causing chronic pain and loss of flexibility...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Back Surgery Without Stitches | 9/5/1988 | See Source »

...satire about South America. Then Julia will play a Salvadoran archbishop in Romero. And Christmas brings The Old Gringo, from the Carlos Fuentes novel, with Jane Fonda and L.A. Law's Jimmy Smits. Fonda, who calls herself a "premature Latinian," spent eight years preparing the drama, set on "this scar of a border we share...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Born In East L.A. | 7/11/1988 | See Source »

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