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...More colorfully, a pair of men dressed in the militant uniform of the Black Panthers - berets, dark shades, military-style jackets, pants and boots - appeared in front of a polling place in a predominantly black area of north Philadelphia around midday. One man was reportedly armed with a nightstick, but he was asked to leave by police, who had been summoned by a Republican poll watcher. By mid-afternoon, as media began to gather, one uniformed but unarmed man remained, handing out literature to voters, but he angrily refused to answer any questions. A credentialed Obama poll worker, who identified...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Election Day Dispatches: It's Morning for the Kenyan Obamas | 11/4/2008 | See Source »

...situation drew the attention of conservative media like Fox News, as well as Republican attorney Lovida H. Coleman Jr., a member of Lawyers for McCain, who showed up on the scene to observe. The mens' dress - particularly the nightstick - "was very militaristic and could have been very intimidating," she said. "I don't think someone would be wearing that garb in front of a voting machine without the intent to send a message...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Election Day Dispatches: It's Morning for the Kenyan Obamas | 11/4/2008 | See Source »

...cops had my patient's face mashed down into the black vinyl foam pad that covered the gurney, in the process asphyxiating him. The other two were taking turns yanking his arms up behind his back and punching his kidneys. The fourth officer was ramming the tip of his nightstick into the base of the patient's spine. Two on one is unfair, three is brutal, four-even for a good cause-just turns your stomach. I had to argue with them to let me roll him over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When the Diagnosis Is Cynicism | 7/5/2006 | See Source »

...your nightstick, officer. It's the 2003 CTS, which will go down in history as the car that started Cadillac on its march back to quality. If you were ever a fan (as in, the '59 Eldorado) it's finally time to blow away the nightmares of GM's experiments with "small" or "sporty" Cadillacs, like the Cimarron or the ridiculous Catera, which is really an Opel (a company which, by the way, just announced a historic $608 million loss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Caddy Shock: Bold New Cars Hit the Road | 1/17/2002 | See Source »

...Clarence A. Wills took his quiet pig-tailed daughter to a sunny tennis court in Berkeley, Cal., and handed her a racquet which she swung at first like a nightstick. She missed the first ball. She changed her grip and hit the next one. Within a month she could defeat her father... Masculinity characterizes the Wills game. No woman hits a ball so hard. Whenever she can she practices with a man because "it is the best training, the men are naturally more strong, though not always so deft." Her training is strictly a personal matter. She dislikes to think...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 72 Years Ago In TIME | 7/16/2001 | See Source »

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