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...first linked to the charges of corruption?the alleged embezzlement of $4.1 million from a state-run pension fund by his personal masseur and a claim that he made misleading declarations about a $2 million donation from the Sultan of Brunei that subsequently went missing?he haughtily tried to brush off the accusations...
...mews like a wounded animal as one tightens a rubber band around her head to raise the vein. Tears pour unnoticed from her mother's eyes as she watches the needle tap-tap at her daughter's temple. Each time the whimpering child lifts a wan hand to brush away the pain, her mother gently lowers it. Drop by drop, the nurses manage to collect 1 cc of blood in five minutes...
...Tina simply scared of the old broad when she kept her "promise" and turned on Maralyn amid the glow of the torchlights? Quite possibly. But in the end, the overarching story held: Only the young survive. Because Tina's brush-off - not much softened by the little frownie face she put on her vote - was just subplot window dressing...
Does a condemned man brush his teeth on the morning of his execution? You bet he does. And so it should be no surprise that Israeli and Palestinian officials continue to sit around a table and discuss a peace deal to while away the final hours of the Oslo peace process...
...night they take a walk before sunset; now they will have a clean lookout down to the Rainey Creek, more than 100 ft. below. Bush has torched his conifer hackings all over the ranch, leaving black burn circles that look as if there's been fireworks testing. Once the brush is gone, he's got plans: wildflowers over there and maybe a feeder to attract some wildlife. Laura is growing a patch of native grasses. Bush is quick to point out, though, that more than enough cedar has been left for the golden-cheek warbler and the black-capped vireo...