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...those sad, waiting parents, the terror was not over. Children's Hospital received a bomb threat. They faced the awful decision: evacuate, or hope it was the cruelest of hoaxes. Parents who were stunned and grateful to learn their babies had survived the disaster were unwilling to leave them again. When hospital officials ordered evacuation, the most seriously injured children and the doctors and nurses caring for them remained behind...
Thanksgiving vacation is over in the cruelest way. I had the smallest taste of what a break from school was like, and I want more...
Until then, the graying Jackal sits in his underground cell, where he is barred access to television, radio and newspapers. Perhaps that is a kindness. If Carlos knew how the world is dismissing him as an overrated has-been, it might strike him as the cruelest fate...
...cruelest blow was the sudden departure of Provost Jerry R. Green in mid-April. Green had been the president's hand-chosen pick for a post that Rudenstine himself created. News reports suggested that Green, who was charged with fulfilling the Rudenstinian vision of bringing the schools together, had grown tired of the slow, cautious management style of his boss...
March is the cruelest month. They say it comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb, but we all know better. March tantalizes us with its sporadic warm days, only to smother our hopes for spring with a blanket of snow the next week...