Word: victim
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Dick Lionette and John Stevenson, who have been plagued by foot bruises, will almost surely be back in action. Jim Urdan, who came down with chicken pox yesterday, and Captain Ed Smith, a leg injury victim, will not be able to make the trip...
...amparo (literally: protection) is a Mexican legal confection with elements of habeas corpus, stay of execution and injunction, all rolled into one. Anyone who feels that he has been or is about to be the victim of unjust police or court action may apply for an amparo. By its terms, no arrest may be made or judgment executed in a specific case until the court issuing the amparo has had a chance to review the case and decide whether the agency involved is acting within the law. Its great advantage from the lawbreaker's point of view is that...
...early complications (shock, pain, fever, infection, impairment of kidney function, loss of body fluids) which make burns most dangerous. As the cure progresses, the increased glandular activity helps still further by sustaining appetite and promoting new skin growth. Since burns heal in a relatively short time, the burn victim need not worry about the bad side effects (excessive hair growth, face swelling, skin streaking, etc.) that often follow long-sustained dosages of the drug...
...Next Victim...
Station Eight drew and tested blood. There were two men behind its screen, and they chanted "next victim" at frequent intervals. There were only a few more spaces on my sheet now; one of the men filled them in and pointed to a desk beneath a window with a line of men standing in front of it. The line moved quickly; I was soon at the desk...