Word: victim
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Reminiscent of Sherlock Holmes, who once nabbed a murderer with the victim's ear as his only clue, the department substitutes microscopes and test tubes for guns and tear gas to do its work. In over 500 cases a year, it proves that science is smarter than the most diabolical murderer...
...Murder is a pretty stupid affair," Dr. Ford claims. "The chances that a murderer won't drop as much as a flake of dandruff near his victim, nor be seen by any witnesses...
...said that, provoked by "improper advances," he had seized the man by the throat and tightened the tie until the man was unconscious. He then tied the ends around his victim's neck and, before leaving, made a stab at the unconscious man's throat with a pair of scissors. He freely admitted his guilt...
...back with a right to the jaw. The conclusion drawn from the first nine rounds--that Robinson could not hurt the champion--is proved wrong in an astonishing second. Every spectator is up on his feet, screaming. Turpin is up again, caught against the ropes, defenseless, sagging, victim of a blitzkrieg. The punches keep coming and coming and still he stays up, kept up, perhaps by the blows themselves, which knock him back against the ropes. The standee with the bet is transformed horribly. His voice is raw with excitement, shouting for the kill...
...back with a right to the jaw. The conclusion drawn from the first nine rounds--that Robinson could not hurt the champion--is proved wrong in an astonishing second. Every spectator is up on his feet, screaming. Turpin is up again, caught against the ropes, defenseless, sagging, victim of a blitzkrieg. The punches keep coming and coming and still he stays up, kept up, perhaps by the blows themselves, which knock him back against the ropes. The standee with the bet is transformed horribly. His voice is raw with excitement, shouting for the kill...