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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...brothel. A heavy, padded belt was wrapped around his waist to protect his kidneys. An assistant painted a 2-in.-wide red stripe across the prisoner's buttocks to define the target zone; then the two floggers, alternating strokes, began to whack his rump. After each blow, the whipper would dance back a few steps; turning with acrobatic grace, he would twirl his cane like a drum major's baton and rush forward to strike the next blow. The victim's body writhed in agony with each fall of the cane. He cried out: "Allah Akbar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PAKISTAN: Whips of God | 11/5/1979 | See Source »

Died. Leigh Whipper, 98, veteran black character actor; in Manhattan. Among his early parts was a role in an 1898 production of Uncle Tom's Cabin in which he sang Old Black Joe. After serving in the Spanish-American War, Whipper spent 74 years in character roles in plays and films like Porgy and Of Mice and Men. In 1920 he became the first black member of the Actors Equity Association, which did not know his color when he was admitted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Aug. 11, 1975 | 8/11/1975 | See Source »

...rare position of avenging a loss to the Bruins and will be well aware of what can happen if there is a letup in effort. We may be entertained by some fine running by both sides, and by at least one halftime show. Cap'n Crunch put his whipper snapper to work on this one and decided on the Crimson...

Author: By Bennett H. Beach, | Title: Soaking Up the Bennies | 11/14/1970 | See Source »

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