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...Well anyway the Korean War came along & I wanted to see if I was still a coward--I was!" By 1952, when he was discharged from the Marines, no one could have said Westermann had shirked his duties, despite various courts-martial for drunkenness, brawling and going AWOL...
...often polled 11. U.N. Secretary-General, who wants an investigation into possible rights violations in Chechnya 12. They've written an anthology to be published in the fall 13. Picks out of a lineup 14. Ramshackle digs 16. Fixed routine 18. Give it __ (try) 19. Cartoon squeal 22. AWOL chasers 24. For the first time, blacks participated in the Battle of Blakeley re-enactment here 27. Congressman who may challenge Giuliani for the nomination 30. Its realistic roach resulted in some broken TVs 31. Ousted Pakistani Prime Minister, who has been jailed for life 33. Ship pronoun 34. Listen...
...pens out of his pocket or sneezing on his good suit--I figure he doesn't understand what parenting is really like for most working families. For them, child care means patching together a house of cards--one that can be sent tumbling by a case of strep, an AWOL baby sitter or a school vacation. For most parents, child care presents a series of worst-case scenarios punctuated by periods of fitful sleep when we are worried about future worst-case scenarios, like the day when, out of desperation, we might have to take our toddler to work...
...living in a local crack house while his father served out a two-year sentence for violating probation on cocaine and burglary charges and his mother was AWOL. Michigan prosecutors decided not to charge the boy with anything--he is so young he cannot even comprehend his actions. He received a 90-day suspension from school and possible expulsion. Authorities are, however, charging a 19-year old man living in the house where the boy stayed with involuntary manslaughter. He allegedly left the gun the boy used lying around the house...
...generally, was immune to criminal investigation. Why? Because, you boring philistine, it was about noble and holy art. To stand on the podium and receive bids for a Rubens Crucifixion or a still life by Van Gogh, who died for our sins, was not like buying a vanload of AWOL television sets or a few vials of crack. But, of course, it is just another business. The auction market shifts more than $4 billion a year, and its two powerhouses, Sotheby's and Christie's, control 95% of that. For decades, rising to a climax just before the great...