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As it had been with Che in life, there was an air of mystery and confusion about him in death. The army denied reports of the execution; yet the doctors who examined him claimed that Che had died 24 hours after his capture. With a bullet in his heart, he...
[In the latest skirmish, the City of Cambridge tried Tuesday to get a "stay of execution pending appeal" on a court order to proceed immediately printing ballots bearing the peace plank. But a state supreme court justice turned down the request.]
If the Supreme Judicial Court has not acted on its appeal before Nov. 7, the City will ask for a "stay of execution," on Judge Mitchell's orders. If the stay is granted, that's all for the peace plank, at least in this election. So Loeser will be doing...
The first problem of execution is its clumsy, slapstick portrayal of the German and Allied troops. The movie goes with the Hogan's Heroes school of soldiers for both sides of the conflict. The Germans have names like Hamburger and, as in the latest Gillette ad, go through the old...
With the framework of an insurrection and trial, it would have been easy for Styron to produce an intense novel that maintained a delirious pitch throughout. What he has done, however, is to create imaginative visions and recollectons within the mind of the doomed slave and yet present the poignancy...