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...creation of a cult, for all those who have suffered and been cast out. They wanted movies made of their story, which they had carefully laced with "a lot of foreshadowing and dramatic irony," as Harris put it. There was that poem he wrote, imagining himself as a bullet. "Directors will be fighting over this story," Klebold said--and the boys chewed over which could be trusted with the script: Steven Spielberg or Quentin Tarantino. "You have two individuals who wanted to immortalize themselves," says Holstlaw. "They wanted to be martyrs and to document everything they were doing...
Detective Kate Battan still sees it in her sleep--still sees what she saw that first day in April, when she was chosen to lead the task force that would investigate the massacre. Bullet holes in the banks of blue lockers. Ceiling tiles ajar where kids had scampered to hide in the crawl space. Shoes left behind by kids who literally ran out of them. Dead bodies in the library, where students cowered beneath tables. One boy died clenching his eyeglasses, and another gripped a pencil as he drew his last breath. Was he writing a goodbye note...
...contrast to the three days it takes to produce a fully functional HMV sales associate, Ferranti-Dege needs two or three months to train an employee due to the technical nature of the store's product. So the store bites the bullet during the holiday season...
...Wang and her colleagues from Pittiglio Rabin Todd & McGrath arrive at 8 p.m. for their "team dinner." They are disturbingly punctual, a characteristic I note on my list of consultant stereotypes, along with "overachiever" and "talks in bullet-points." Wang, the "business analyst" and most junior member of the team, chose the restaurant and puts the blame on Zagat's when Tom, the "project director" makes fun of the fancy French decor...
...regime, and though there have been outbreaks of violence among Shi'ites in southern Iraq and even Baghdad, his security services always ruthlessly stamp out dissent. The CIA still believes Saddam will be eliminated by someone in his inner circle, but intelligence agents don't see how a "silver bullet" would ever get close to him. He has multiple layers of security around him, never announces his travel plans ahead of time, sleeps in a different bed every night and uses doubles for public events and even some private meetings...