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...does not matter if you are a Muslim or a Christian or a Jew. How could anyone treat a human being this way?" RAJAA YOUSIF MATTI, Mother of a 17-year-old Iraqi who bled to death after being shot by U.S. soldiers. The soldiers say they thought the youth had thrown a grenade at their vehicle...
...Congress had shown little appreciation for his services: "But I suppose the present members hardly know me or that I have performed any." His greatest task for his country was a thankless one, though he had been instrumental in negotiating treaties of commerce and alliance with France, had adroitly bled the French treasury dry and had represented his country at the negotiating table when the Treaty of Paris was signed in 1783, concluding the Revolution and ushering the U.S. into its existence as a sovereign power...
That's why Raymond Hilson didn't know about the $200,000 settlement that Kaiser paid in 1992 to Richard Lord and his family for the loss of his wife Eleanor, who, according to the California investigation, bled to death while in McEnany's care. If Hilson had known more, he says, he would have gone elsewhere. Learning the surgeon's history has made him see things in a different light. Strange as it may sound, he says, "I feel lucky to be a survivor." --By Leslie Berestein/Los Angeles
This kind of commercial piracy has devastated the Asian entertainment industry. In China, where piracy rates for movies, music and software are all more than 90%, record companies trying to develop local talent have bled money for years. Every time they try to build up a star, the pirates siphon off the profits. "There's no point in spending money to drive demand," says Samuel Chou, Warner Music's CEO for China and Taiwan, "because what you drive all goes to piracy...
...Harvard senior tried to continue, but he bled through the bandage and was forced to forfeit the match. Clendonin went on to finish third and qualify for NCAAs...