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...JonBenet Ramsey, 6, underscored how hideously inappropriate such tragedies are. She was a toddler turned beauty queen--Little Miss Colorado of 1995, among other titles--and a child of wealth and privilege. Her father John, 53, is president of Access Graphics, a high-tech, billion-dollar-a-year branch of Lockheed Martin; her mother Patricia, 39, widely known as Patsy, is a former Miss West Virginia (1977) and is active in social and charitable circles. The little girl's strangled body was discovered the day after Christmas by her father in a basement area of the family's 15-room...
...Oregon—but he says he’s gotten a little miffed that Veritas’ requests for in-store listening parties and black-tie events have gone unanswered. If the Adidas deal doesn’t heat up again soon, Rhodes says, Veritas will try to branch out to other sponsors. At the moment, he has his eye on Tweeter electronics and Puma sportswear. “With Puma, we’d be looking for them to help out with giveaways—maybe sponsor a giveaway at a Pub Night where we can raffle...
According to Giovanditto, tenants thought the Western Avenue site was too small, too noisy, and too dangerous, but she adds that they consider the Harvard-owned land behind the Honan-Allston Branch Library on North Harvard Street a desirable location for new housing...
...last week a single dead swan was spotted floating close to the riverbank near Maliuc, on the middle branch of the Danube. An old woman gently held the swan's head and showed it to onlookers. The peasants here are greatly affected by the death of these birds, which they believe are a symbol of purity and grace. Since then some 140 dead swans have been found, and the village itself is under strict quarantine. Residents are not allowed to go far. They stand watching the boats go by, but the only craft allowed to dock in Maliuc are military...
...demonstrators stood in the rain outside the Harvard Faculty Club Saturday afternoon to protest a conference on El Salvador at which Rene Leon, the Salvadoran ambassador to the U.S., was speaking. The sound of cars on the wet pavement of Quincy Street mingled with the chanting of the Boston branch of the national Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES). To protest the “Salvadorans in the World” convention, the small group rallied with cries of “Leon, escucha!” “Escucha” means...