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The 1980s came to an end in what seemed like a magic act, performed on a world-historical stage. Trapdoors flew open, and whole regimes vanished. The shell of an old world cracked, its black iron fragments dropping away, and something new, alive, exploded into the air in a flurry...
Before Jakes could fashion a response, events exploded. On Friday, Nov. 17, Prague riot police cracked down on student demonstrators. With his authority rapidly crumbling, Jakes launched a last-minute bid to crush the uprising. Advised by Czechoslovakia's military that it would take no part in a violent action...
"There is no need to tell you the sense of pain and loss my family is going through," said Alex Hornstein, in his eulogy, as his voice cracked.
One reason prices have become dangerously affordable is that smugglers have proved so flexible. When federal agents cracked down on shipments through South Florida, traffickers started routing shipments through the porous Mexican border. At the same time, the smuggling industry has plenty of competition. When Colombia's campaign against the...
The sequence was almost too patly symbolic of the situation of San Francisco and its surrounding Bay Area. On the surface, the city had almost returned to normal. By subway under the bay, by ferry across it and by circuitous routes around the area, the vast majority of employees found...