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...Dalrymple tells it, when the Immigration and Naturalization Service agents stormed into the house just after 5 a.m., he grabbed Elian and fled to a bedroom, locking the door and then trying to duck into a closet. But the closet was crammed too full of clothes, and they could not close the folding doors. "Help me!" Elian cried. "Help...
Watching the constant replay of the raid on the networks, the staff members back in Reno's office were troubled at the image of the child cowering in the closet and crying in the agent's arms--but they had no regrets. "It was a very sad thing to see," said Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder. "I was disappointed that people who indicated they cared most for the boy were unable to do the simple things that would have prevented what happened from occurring...
...their attic, where Jane makes the acquaintance of Bertha, a homicidal maniac with a penchant for matches and a very valid marriage certificate to Rochester. This is what we in the humanities call a "character conflict." With women like Bertha in the attic, who needs skeletons in the closet...
...International Airport have conspired to place templates reflecting United's carry-on limits at the airport's shared X-ray checkpoints, thus preventing Continental passengers from taking on board the larger carry-on allowance permitted by the Houston-based airline. Continental says its larger overhead bins and more generous closet space are instrumental in attracting passengers, and that United and the airport are preventing it from being competitive...
...dreams are overtly cinematic. They have irony, satire, puns. Here's a good one: I dreamed that I was at my Mamaw and Papaw's houseI was opening the bathroom closet. Both of my grandparents are dead, and I know this in my dream, and I just wanted to look at their towels, because the towels were great - we wrapped up in them as children and did dances. I open the closet and in the back, there's a lovely, sepia-toned eight-by-ten photograph of a man. And for some reason, in the dream, his name is Joseph...