Word: woundedness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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California Attorney General John Van de Kamp could be forgiven his 20 seconds of melodrama. His state was still reeling from the massacre wrought when a crazed man murdered five children in a Stockton schoolyard, wounded 29 others and a teacher, and then killed himself with a pistol.
The District of Columbia alone has counted 75 homicides during the first 45 days of 1989, many involving guns. In one wild 24-hour period last Tuesday, 13 people were killed or wounded. Some of these shootings were committed by "ordinary" citizens; others could be tied to drug criminals, who...
Patrick Finucane and his family had just settled around the table for Sunday dinner in their North Belfast home, when three men slipped in through the unlocked front door. One of the intruders, wielding an automatic, opened fire on Finucane, instantly killing the 38-year-old Catholic lawyer. His wife...
IT was a modern Valentine's Day Massacre. On February 14, 13 persons were shot dead or wounded in Washington, D.C.
Unwilling to let the elephant be wiped out, some governments have declared war on illegal killing. In Kenya armed patrols have orders to shoot poachers. Sometimes, though, the culprits are a formidable force themselves. At Kenya's Tsavo National Park, scores of poachers dressed in battle fatigues and armed with...