Word: apartness
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...goes in Courtroom 1 of the War Crimes Tribunal in the Hague, as former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic, facing war-crimes charges, personally interrogates ordinary citizens of the country he once led, the country he is accused of violently tearing apart. Three victims of Milosevic's alleged crimes appeared in the first week of testimony--all men, all farmers, all Kosovo Albanian Muslims from small villages. One of them, Agim Zeqiri, 49, described losing his entire family--his wife, a son and four daughters--when Serb forces attacked his village. Milosevic questioned him, sometimes belligerently, for about 30 minutes...
...Hank Williamses--Hank's son Hank Williams Jr., 52, and his boy Hank Williams III, 29--just released a pair of albums that are miles-apart takes on country and the family legacy. Hank Jr.'s Almeria Club Recordings is his 68th solo album. Hank III's Lovesick, Broke and Driftin' is only his second, but this...
What Sets Mormons Apart...
Nikki DeShazo, now in her 20th year as a probate judge in Dallas, sees families land in her courtroom after squabbling so much over possessions that "it tears them apart." DeShazo suggests that the size of the estate in question doesn't seem to have much bearing on the intensity of the family battle. "The only difference between large and small estates is that a large estate has more funds to fuel the feud. In Texas, judges can order people into mediation, and I do, hoping they can work things out, because once you go to court, there...
...major road. The CIA has also set up groups in every major city across the nation, he says: in addition to the intelligence officers he works with, there are agents working on propaganda to convince Afghans that Americans are in their country to help. "The mission is to take apart al Qaeda piece by piece," he says, "But it's very difficult work. Al Qaeda has a lot of money. And the villages are very poor. Al Qaeda offers them money and they have to take...