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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Kennedy, 96, has been in frail health in recent years and lives at the family compound at Hyannis Port. She did not attend...
Even the few who survived were knocked unconscious for what they believe was hours. When they awoke, they found the nightmare had only just begun. "Oh, they die plenty!" cried Peter Sam Kinbi, 42, of Su-Bum. "You go to one compound, and they all finished. You go to another compound, and there is one man and maybe one child living. They all dead. When you touch them, they be like stone and they be white spot (dried spittle) on they mouths and on the ground. My wife, my six children, all dead...
...telegram said, "The arrest and detention of our alumnus Nicholas Daniloff is an affront to the principles of journalistic freedom and the unfettered sharing of information by the nations of the world. Denying him legal assistance and isolating him from his family compound the injustice being done to Mr. Daniloff. I urge that he be released immediately...
...were inauspicious. For starters, there was no agreement on issues to be negotiated. Then, while some members of the Israeli delegation eagerly showed up four days early, the Soviets just made it to the Monday- morning meeting. While the Israelis parked 30 yards short of the Council of State compound and walked to the entrance to enable cameramen to film the historic moment, the Soviets steered their blue Mercedes past the press...
...recent years, as the "Kennedy cousin" generation has come to maturity, Hyannis Port and the rambling family compound have been the sites of exuberant weddings. Unlike the Maria Shriver-Arnold Schwarzenegger nuptials last April, this wedding was about as private as a Kennedy ceremony can probably be. For all the paparazzi attention that has been focused on her, Caroline, a law student at Columbia University, is actually reserved; unlike the Kennedy men, who tend to define themselves by action, Schlossberg, whom she met at a dinner party five years ago, is an intellectual and artist whose somewhat rarefied career defies...