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...killings were themselves sexually or physically abused. "To brutalize another human being, a youngster has to have been brutalized himself," he says. Ewing finds that teenage murderers often don't recall, or won't admit, that they were once victims. "A street tough would rather go to the gas chamber than admit to having been beaten or sodomized by a male relative...
...wing Congressman who is co-chairman of the Bush campaign in California. Dornan last month got hold of a 1989 front-page article in the Arkansas Gazette that discussed Clinton's Moscow trip. He then began railing against Clinton in late-night House speeches, often delivered to an empty chamber, but nonetheless carried on C-SPAN. Besides suggesting that Clinton may have been a dupe of the KGB, Dornan heatedly attacked the Democrat's draft record and antiwar views...
According to Gallant, any work that would disturb the asbestos fibers is done in a containment chamber which seals the work area from the rest of the building...
...impeachment vote in the Chamber of Deputies was a lopsided 441 to 38. Collor is suspended for up to six months, during which the Senate will try him on charges of corruption. Vice President Itamar Franco, a longtime Senator, became Acting President. Collor did not appear publicly after the vote, but Justice Minister Celio Borja said the President took the news "with great dignity." He said Collor does not plan to step down permanently unless the Senate finds him guilty, an outcome most political leaders now think is inevitable. In fact, Collor's trials may not end in the Senate...
...charge that he had deserted his family values theme. In issuing his veto, Bush proposed an alternative that would provide $1,200 in tax credits to businesses for each employee who takes time off for family emergencies. The Senate's subsequent 68-to-31 vote marked the upper chamber's first veto override of the Bush presidency. But it may have just been drama -- the House is not expected to provide the two-thirds vote needed for passage...