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...After finishing tryouts for the ice-hockey team last week, Donald Spilky, 17, and four other students from Yeshiva University High School in Manhattan headed home by automobile to Queens on the Cross Bronx Expressway. A gunman, or gunmen, followed in a car, sped ahead of them on the expressway, and parked in waiting at an exit ramp. As the students neared the Whitestone Bridge, a volley from a high-powered automatic or semiautomatic M-16-type rifle rang out. One shot missed the students and killed Lucille Rivera, 37, a Queens mother of two who was a front-seat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Worst Fears | 10/3/1983 | See Source »

...into the body of a man dressed in a blue Philippine Airlines maintenance worker's shirt and jeans. With other soldiers outside firing rifles into the air, the reporters dived for cover, but not before seeing Aquino's limp body being loaded into the van, which then sped off. In all, less than 30 seconds had elapsed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Philippines: An Uncertain New Era | 9/5/1983 | See Source »

...back of his neck. Another body, dressed in a blue mechanic's uniform, lay face up a few feet away as a soldier pumped 16 rounds into his stomach at close range. Two other soldiers picked up the limp body of Aquino, loaded it into the van and sped away. Aquino was pronounced dead on arrival at Ft. Bonifacio Army Hospital...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Philippines: Bloody Welcome | 8/29/1983 | See Source »

...then set off, with their armed escort, on the return trip to Beirut. They were soon intercepted by Druze gunmen and taken to Jumblatt's home in the town of Mukhtara. Jumblatt was not there, and it was unclear whether he even knew of the abductions. Abu Shaqra sped to the scene and spent the night with the ministers to ensure their safety...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lebanon: Fears of Sectarian Warfare | 8/22/1983 | See Source »

Arriving at Logan Airport at 1 p.m. with his aides and popular Black humorist and political activist Dick Gregory. Washington was sped by limousine and police escort to White's residence on Beacon St. for what Washington would only say was a courtesy call...

Author: By Michael W. Hirschorn, | Title: Washington Comes to Boston to Back King | 8/9/1983 | See Source »

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