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...French government told the pilots to give the public a calm rendition of their captivity. "But," says TIME?s Bruce Crumley, "the paper contends that when they were debriefed by military intelligence, the pilots told them what really happened." The pilots, Captain Frederic Chiffot and Lt. Jose Souvignet, were beaten and kicked by Serb soldiers from the moment they were first taken captive on August 30. In prison the beatings continued and the pilots were subjected to mock executions. "No other news organization has been able to confirm this yet," says Crumley, "but the paper has a reputation for getting scoops...
...spite of its disappointment, the season is still young and Harvard has plenty of time to improve on its 4-3 record. However, the Crimson is not that far away. Harvard's record is a deceptive 4-3. Harvard has beaten opponents by a total of 108 points, while the Crimson has fallen in its three losses by a mere...
...really should have beaten Tufts by a lot more," Afield said...
...abused while in its custody. In the case of Jesus, a nine-year-old who weighed only 28 lbs. and could hardly speak after his angel dust-addicted parents committed suicide, county workers failed to visit him in his foster home for four months. During that time, he was beaten, sodomized, burned on his genitals and nearly drowned by his foster parents. He became a spastic paraplegic. By 1990 the state was threatening to take over Los Angeles County's child-welfare-services system...
...Another neighbor, Eric Latorre, recalls seeing the whole family out at 2 a.m. as Awilda sought crack. Awilda had reportedly come to believe that Elisa, whom she called a mongoloid and filthy little whore, had been put under a spell by her father--a spell that had to be beaten out of the child. Neighbors, some of whom say they called the authorities, later told the press of muffled moaning and Elisa's voice pleading, "Mommy, Mommy, please stop! No more! No more! I'm sorry!" Law-enforcement authorities have provided a reason for those cries: they say Elisa...