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...large marquee. But the sight on the opposite slopes was anything but bucolic. Two rows of razor wire separated the church and the main road into town. Behind this first barrier was a second: a gray wall of armored Land Rovers, parked nose to tail. And behind the second cordon was a third: a phalanx of policemen from the Royal Ulster Constabulary...
...advanced stage of an exemplary career can hardly cow this very private public man. In Writing Home, his delightful prose collection recently published in Britain and due out in the U.S. later this year, Bennett describes himself as "one who can scarcely remove his tie without having a police cordon thrown around the building." His sly art is an anti-striptease: he reveals only edges and crinkles of himself in the pith of an essay or dramatic monologue. "Bennett has become a major figure in the English landscape despite versatility and his steadfast wish to remain hidden," writes critic David...
...well prepared, and many were crushed to death inside their old wooden homes. Despite the misery, the people of Kobe say ``Shoganai'' (It can't be helped). However, we Japanese cannot say ``Shoganai'' to the slow response and disorganization of the government. Why did the authorities fail to cordon off main roads for official use? Why did it take four hours before troops were sent for the rescue operation? Many people could have been removed from the rubble if the authorities had responded quickly. In the future, similar quakes will hit other parts of the country, but the first upheaval...
...result was a deadly confusion that seemed to overtake every level of government. Immediately after the quake, Kobe authorities failed to cordon off main roads for official use, and the delay of police and fire vehicles undoubtedly raised the death toll. For nearly four hours, the Governor of Hyogo prefecture, which includes Kobe, neglected to make the necessary request for aid to the national armed forces, which would provide 16,000 rescuers by week's end. The national government could also have stepped in sooner to aid with coordination. Soldiers who did arrive were plagued by communications snafus: at midnight...
...Dulles International Airport at about 1 p.m., en route to more parties, more meetings. But there was a difference. Gingrich was on his way to becoming second in the line of succession -- after Al Gore -- to the presidency. Immediately upon his arrival, Capitol security surrounded him with a constant cordon. The populist, however, kept an eye on symbolism. Instead of traveling in a line of sedans, Gingrich packed himself, his aides and his security into a Plymouth Suburban -- the limo of the new American order...