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...jury of 12 decides the verdict. I thought the American way was much fairer until I heard the O.J. Simpson verdict. I have learned from this case that because Simpson was rich, he could buy his defense. The American system of law is not all that fair. KOEN BAART, Barneveld, the Netherlands...
...yellow and green," recalled Judy Anderson. "You could hear the momentum and roar. It was all over in 20 seconds." And when the tornado was all over, so too was Anderson's home town, Barneveld, Wis. (pop. 580)-literally wiped off the earth in a matter of seconds by a twister that left nine of its residents dead, 77 hospitalized and only three of its buildings standing intact...
...Madison looked like the aftermath of a prolonged military bombardment: the bank was split open, the fire station was smashed, 120 homes were ruined, the Lutheran church was leveled, yet its bell tower still stood grandly over the rubble as did the bulbous water tower emblazoned with the name Barneveld. Said Wisconsin Governor Anthony Earl: "It's the worst disaster I've ever seen. There are many, many people who are going to need long-term help...
...Besides this there are the ordinary expository articles which one meets so often in magazines, such as "The Republic of Peru," and "A Birds-Eye View of the Sahara." There is but little fiction in the number, a rather conventional story by Grace Blanchard, a sketch called "Pretty Miss Barneveld," and the conclusion of "One of a Thousand." The "curiosities." so to speak, are the fac-sim-iles of Whittier's first two printed poems, or Longfelow's sonnets to Whittier and Tennyson, and Tennyson's acknowledgment of Longfellow's sonnet...
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