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Ferris dispelled any traces of ambition with his final remark. "Look for me among the crowd of doctors and lawyers. I'll be the one pushing the broom...
...Environmental Protection Agency. First, EPA Administrator Anne Burford showed up in Missouri with a dramatic offer to buy out the homes and property of residents of the dioxin-poisoned town of Times Beach. Then, after Burford left for speaking engagements in California and Arizona, the Administration put the broom to the EPA, sweeping out of office two top officials who were under investigation and appointing five top deputies. Democratic congressional leaders dubbed it the "Wednesday-night massacre." The White House called it "a fresh start...
...second half of the marathon begins reinvigorating the dancers with new determination. Mr. Walkman, #284, dances with himself in front of a mirror and then plays air guitar and bass with a broom. At 7:30, music starts repeating, starting with "Rock the Casbah," "I Love Rock and Roll," and "Start...
Prior to Christmas vacation, a bat made a fluttering afternoon appearance in the Langdell Reading Room, before a Buildings and Grounds employee was summoned with a broom. Saturday evening, a bat once again descended upon defenseless students for approximately one hour before disappearing anonymously into the rafters...
Brisbon's eleven months on death row have been quiet, compared with his Stateville years, when he took part in 15 attacks on inmates and guards, instigated at least one prison riot, trashed a courtroom during a trial and hit a warden with a broom handle. "I'm no bad dude," he says, "just an antisocial individual." The third of 13 children, Brisbon thinks that his upbringing by a strict black Muslim father made him different: "I was taught to be a racist and not like whites. As I grew up, I decided I didn't like...