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Mass murder
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murder
murder criminal homicide , usually distinguished from manslaughter by the element of malice aforethought. The most direct case of malicious intent occurs when the killer is known to have adopted the deliberate intent to commit the homicidal act at some time before it is actually committed.... Read more |
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Rechab
Rechab , in the Bible. 1 Eponym of the Rechabites. 2 Murderer of Ish-bo-sheth. 3 Father of a worker on the wall.... Read more |
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Giacomo Matteotti
Giacomo Matteotti , 1885-1924, Italian Socialist leader; the outstanding opponent of the Fascist regime during its early days. He was a member of parliament, and his murder by Fascist hirelings precipitated a parliamentary crisis that Mussolini overcame by disavowing the murder and by tightening... Read more |
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Parricide
PARRICIDE "Murder of the father" is a reference to the murder of the legendary king of Thebes by Oedipus, the Greek hero in Sophocles' play Oedipus Tyrannus (King Oedipus). According to Freud, we were all, as young children, gripped by the "compulsion" embodied in the Greek legend: we were all,... Read more |
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Inc Murder
Inc. Murder name given to the band of professional killers who operated (1930-40) throughout the United States as the enforcement arm of the Syndicate, composed of the national heads of organized crime . Originally a gang of neighborhood thugs in Brooklyn, N.Y., they soon came to the attention of... Read more |
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homicide
homicide , in law, the taking of human life. Homicides that are neither justifiable nor excusable are considered crimes. A criminal homicide committed with malice is known as murder , otherwise it is called manslaughter . A homicide is excusable if it is the result of an accident that occurred... Read more |
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Blood Feud
BLOOD FEUD Avenging the wrongful death of a person's kin by killing the murderer or by receiving compensation from the murderer's possessions. During the Middle Ages all European nations had similar customs concerning the murder of their inhabitants. The closest next of kin to a person who had... Read more |
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Ashanti (singer)
Ashanti 1980– Singer Began Dancing as a Child Found Success With Murder Inc. Balanced Fame With Family Became “Entertainer of.... Read more |
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Atreus
Atreus , in Greek mythology, the son of Pelops and the father of Agamemnon and Menelaus. He vied with his brother Thyestes for the throne of Mycenae. When Thyestes seduced Atreus' wife, Aerope, in order to attain the golden ram whose possession signified kingship, Atreus, in retaliation, murdered... Read more |
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Perfect Crime
Perfect Crime (1987), a thriller by Warren Manzi...Perkkanen), who is investigating a local murder. Archer soon becomes obsessed with Margaret...played Margaret over four thousand times. Perfect Crime holds the record for Off Broadway... |
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Evans, Maurice
...Devil's Disciple (1950). In 1952 he began a long run as Tony Wendice, who bungles his attempt at a perfect crime, in Dial M for Murder. After appearances as King Magnus in Shaw's The Apple Cart (1956) and Captain Shotover in Heartbreak... |
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Fuller, Charles
...experiences as a black and in the army (1959). His works include Perfect Party (1968); Candidate (1974); In the Deepest Part...Pulitzer Prize), treating the trial of a black soldier for murder. A five‐play series about black Americans in the second... |
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Kerr, Walter (Francis)
...for his drama criticism. His own writing of plays includes Murder in Reverse (1935), adaptations of Rip Van Winkle (1937...The Snake Has All the Lines (1960), and How I Got To Be Perfect (1978) are humorous autobiographies. |
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Soviet Union
...circumstances, Stalin extended his terror in the 1930s. After the murder of his last potential rival, Kirov, in 1934, Stalin reorganized...product of the 1930s. The Hitler-Stalin Pact gave him a perfect opportunity to reclaim lands lost from 1917, and to extend... |
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Sermon on the Mount
...ideals of the Kingdom in terms of the conditions of this life: murder, adultery, oaths, and animosity are all forbidden by the absolute...discipline; undetectable fasting and discreet almsgiving; perfect trust and non-judgemental attitudes. The centrepiece of... |
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Perfect murders can happen, too
...Straits Times 09-15-2010 Perfect murders can happen, tooEdition...churned out books and movies. Murders committed in Malaysia may...listing the top four types of murder methods in Malaysia, former...Malaysia faced its first serial murder or ... |
 "The Mirror (London, England)")
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I THOUGHT THEY WERE SUICIDES.. THEY WERE PERFECT MURDERS; Dentist killings...
...convincing they were the "perfect murders" a coroner has said...Hastings said: "They were the perfect murders - if he hadn't confessed...I heard [police suspected murder]. I was very surprised...have exposed the deaths as ... |
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PERFECT holidays, perfect murders, cowboys, kittens and dinosaurs -- all the...
A perfect setting for a good old yarn Nicola Anderson PERFECT holidays, perfect murders, cowboys, kittens and dinosaurs -- all the world was a story yesterday as the nation got stuck into a good yarn for World Book Day. More than a million... |
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THE PERFECT MURDERS; Coroner tells how he was duped by dentist's...
...Howell died by suicide said yesterday: "They were the perfect murders." Retired Robin Hastings revealed he was shocked...apparent suicide pact. He said: "They were the perfect murders - if he hadn't confessed. I was horrified when... |
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They were the perfect murders... until the guilt finally became just too much...
...knowledge that he had got away with the perfect murder. Colin Howell, respected throughout...of one of the most shocking double-murders ever committed in Ulster. Yesterday...said he had been stunned when news that murder charges had been brought. "It was ... |
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21 years for dentist who committed the perfect murders.(News)
...dentist who got away with the 'perfect murders' of his wife and his lover...He pleaded guilty to both murders yesterday. His former mistress...is due to stand trial for murder in the New Year. During the...Howell decided to carry out the ... |
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RIGHTS-CONGO: 180,000 "PERFECT MURDERS"? IMPOSSIBLE, SAYS U.N.
...Capdevila Inter Press Service English News Wire 04-21-1998 GENEVA, Apr. 20 (IPS) -- The perfect murder does not exist, letalone 180,000 perfect murders -- the number of persons whodisappeared in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from... |
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PICK OF THE DAY: 'Perfect murders' of the acid bath vampire; A Is For Acid,...
...Haigh who's flaw was his belief that he had committed the perfect murder. After brutally killing his victims he would dissolve their...was eventually sentenced to death in 1949 for the horrific murders and his story is not one for the faint-hearted. |
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'A Perfect Murder' not so perfectly re-creates 'Dial M for Murder'.(Time Out)
...Gire Daily Herald Film Critic "A Perfect Murder" * * 1/2 Written by Patrick...when watching thrillers like "A Perfect Murder," but I can't help it...Murder," you've already seen "A Perfect Murder" - but only ... |
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INTERVIEW: A Perfect Murder isn't deterred by distance
...way. For Montreal metal band A Perfect Murder, losing half of the band's members...says he was able to hook up with A Perfect Murder through the Internet after...some of the main catalysts for A Perfect Murder's drastic ... |
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