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...doubt in the minds of the defendants. De Simone said after his trial, "my feeling is that the judge convicted me of something, and that was a political act." The other defendants were equally displeased with the verdicts, and the political messages they bore...
Bertha never posed for any photographs, and none of her relatives have any pictures. She kept to herself, never married, and bore no children. And she died without a will, leaving a complicated probate mess for her distant relatives to untangle...
...fourth term. His Democratic opponent, Arthur Goldberg, spent $2,000,000; Conservative Paul Adams ran on a miserly bankroll that totaled just $50,000. With the Democratic primary expense of unsuccessful Howard Samuels ($1,000,000) added in, the Governor's chair in Albany this year bore a $12-million price...
Open your well-dinned ears to the talk show that is life. Charlie O.'s credo has carried the day. The reticent man, even as he mutters "Crashing bore!" in the direction of the nearest Charlie O., is bullied into feeling that he suffers from constipation of the heart ("What are you holding back? Don't you care?"). The old valuestalk is cheap, "strong" goes with "silent" have been reversed. Articulate and outspoken: does praise come higher? He can't communicate: this is the kiss of death from kindergarten...
Borrowing the concept of the classic American drugstore the French transmogrified it into a near-erotic experience. Over the past dozen years, several versions of Le Drugstore have appeared in Paris: multimedia bazaars featuring bizarre decor, intimate bars, lavish food and smart boutiques. The phenomenon bore only a dreamlike resemblance to the drug supermarkets of, say, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Now, by way of cultural reexport, not to say retaliation, the metamorphosed drugstore has returned...