Word: executioners
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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The ending-a lush mass-execution of the ruling elite-was both predictable and fatiguing, as was the audience reaction. The play began and ended with a nervous burst of applause from a virtually all-white audience: a more strained combination of fear and adulation could scarcely be imagined. Dionne...
The maximum permissible sentence that could be imposed on Bruton under the federal Civil Rights Act of 1871 was a $1,000 fine and one year in prison. Federal Judge J. Smith Henley imposed the full penalty, complained that it was too light, and then made it even lighter. He...
Radical but Timid. This disappointing performance has set off a fierce debate in the Soviet press over the adequacy and execution of the reforms, introduced with much fanfare in 1965, that were intended to bring more flexibility into the ponderous, centrally controlled Soviet economy. In a secret speech last month...