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...retired in her mid-30s, preserving the movie image of her youthful allure. But unlike Garbo, who was often cornered by paparazzi in her Manhattan neighborhood, Bettie seemingly did disappear. She left New York for Miami, where she modeled for a few more years, then vanished, reemerging in Southern California...
...Having relocated to Southern California, living in Lawndale in a trailer owned by her neighbors Esther Trevin, 67, and Esther's 77-year-old husband, Bettie, unprovoked, attacked the woman with a knife and was subdued by Mr. Trevin, who, after warning Bettie to drop the knife, knocked her out with a crescent wrench. Charged on two counts of assault with a deadly weapon, Bettie was found not guilty by reason of insanity. The following year she was sentenced to five years' confinement at Patton State Hospital. Just seven months later, on her doctor's recommendation, she was released...
...Bettie stabbed Haddad four times in the chest, narrowly missing her heart... stabbed the hand eight times, severing the top of Haddad's third finger." When brought to court, "Bettie pleaded not guilty but changed her plea to not guilty by reason of insanity after two California Department of Medical Health doctors testified that she was insane and had confessed to the attack." She was sentenced to 8 1/2 years in Patton. She stayed there until...
...economist Brad DeLong pointed out last May how, on a public budget, the University of California system expanded from teaching 5,000 undergraduates a year in 1960 to 40,000 a year today. During the same time, Harvard grew from 1,200 to 1,600 a year, despite accumulating billions in private donations. It is hard to argue that those additional funds for Harvard were effective on the margin. Harvard has a vested interest in keeping its student body small, since what it produces is essentially a luxury good in the form of Harvard diplomas. As one commenter on DeLong?...
...nearly half of the federal budget that goes toward Social Security, Medicare and means-tested entitlements. Complicating the matter for House Democratic leaders is the lack of an obvious successor for Rangel at this time of economic turmoil. The next in line for the post by seniority is California Congressman Pete Stark, one of the most liberal and hotheaded members of Congress. He has been known to challenge other members of the committee to fight him and once called a Republican colleague a "little wimp" and a "fruitcake." (See the Top 10 unfortunate political one-liners...