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...with Holden: their slow dance in Picnic (1956) remains an electrifying expression of romantic passion. In the '60s, Holden found refuge in the wilds of Kenya, where he supported conservation causes. In Santa Monica to read a movie script, Holden fell down after drinking heavily, lost consciousness and bled to death...
...that, the door of the interrogation room burst open and a group of men circled me, then charged. Each man in turn would direct a karate kick or chop at me, sending me staggering to another of the torturers. My lips cracked, my nose bled and my cheeks were so swollen I could not see. When I could not stand on my feet any more, one guard would pick me up and another would kick or punch me. They laughed each time I hit the floor. I passed out a few times. They would bring me back to consciousness...
...strike lasted eight months. Both sides bled plenty. The Wobblies had to do their own bleeding. Old Elihu hired gunmen, strike breakers, national guardsmen and even parts of the regular army, to do his. When the last skull had been cracked, the last rib kicked in, organized labor in Personville was a used firecracker...
...conservatives, including Helms, are personally so fond of him. The President has already shown a willingness to compromise with the moderates, however, and the intransigent Helms will tolerate little of that. His constituents are complaining, he says, and Helms agrees with them. Says he: "The people who fought and bled and died for Reagan have not been listened to. He's got to remember who took him to the dance...
...members of his family in shooting incidents. A friend of his lost a close relative and saw an uncle wounded. Nearly everyone also has kin in either the police or army. Many of the injured in the old bazaar, where some of the most vicious fighting went on, literally bled to death from leg wounds; their Afghan soldier brothers had aimed low in order to maim rather than kill. In the northwest part of the city, a group of protesters wielding sticks and captured guns marched on the Kharga military barracks and urged the Afghan unit there to disband. According...