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...bullets fired by the sniper. Then he rotates the slugs 360°, turning them back and forth like paired dancers beneath his eyepiece. After a long study, he pushes away from the table. It will take several hours for section chief Timothy J. Curtis, 46, to formally confirm the findings, but the outcome seems clear. The bullets match. The Beltway killer has struck again...
...Third World status, evidenced, she thought, by its lack of Diet Coke. I got here by accepting a Let’s Go job backpacking through Borneo and the Philippines. My reward for completing the itinerary was an open-ended airline ticket. I came seeking to confirm my mother’s stories, to see where my father had fought during the war and to meet my Vietnamese relatives for the first time. My sister came because she had finally accumulated enough frequent flier miles to fly International Business Class. After 15 minutes of smacking mosquitoes, we docked the raft...
...More bad news could be coming. According to a press report, China's securities regulators sent a letter to their Hong Kong counterparts in late September alleging that Euro-Asia may have inflated its revenues. Neither regulatory body would confirm that such a letter was sent. (A company spokesman didn't return phone calls seeking comment...
From his pulpit in Memorial Church, Plummer Professor of Christian Morals Peter J. Gomes condemned the looming war with Iraq during his Sunday sermon, saying an attack would likely “confirm for all the world to see our country’s reputation as an irrational and undisciplined bully...
...better excuse than revenge or oil for the prosecution of a war that is likely to do more harm than good,” he said, “that will destabilize not only the region but the world for years to come, and that, worst of all, will confirm for all the world to see our country’s reputation as an irrational and undisciplined bully who acts not because it ought, but because it can. We make up the rules, so it seems, as we please...