Word: bayes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...block from a closed fire station began to burn, picketing firemen ran to the scene within seconds and helped two police officers lead people to safety. Working firemen from another station arrived within eight minutes. But an explosion sent flames into the top floor and kept rescuers at bay. The bodies of Santana Jackson, 2, and her brother Tommie, 1, were later found in the rubble...
...silent. But it is not hard to discover the Times's attitude. It frequently knows and doesn't publish the news that prominent figures are under investigation. What made Abscam different, the Times feels, was the sheer size and expense of the FBI operation, almost like a Bay of Pigs. That seemed a story that needed telling even if it might violate the civil liberties of some who, if innocent, would later have to clear themselves...
Both men found what they wanted Tuesday night, in a Bay State election that befuddled most analysts and added new layers of mystery to both races...
Former California governor Ronald Reagan trailed both men, keeping close across the state but showing no particular strength among Bay State Republicans, who are noted as moderates...
...performance is the sum of all the subtle, wayward bits of life that Sellers invented, that keep audiences caring about this poor befogged man. In one scene, like the child he is, he carefully avoids stepping on cracks to keep bad luck at bay. The doctor tells him to keep his weight off his injured leg, and like some solemn, obedient stork, he then and there lifts it off the floor. Or, submitting to a telephone interview, after the President has quoted him in a speech, he catches sight of a TV exercise class and begins aping the movements...