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Prosecution witnesses have said that on the night of Friday, Sept. 7, 2001, a party was held at the apartment, attracting the attention of Byrne. Byrne, who was then working overtime as part of a BPD underage-drinking detail, arrested several members of the Boston College women’s basketball team that night for drinking in public outside the apartment...

Author: By Simon W. Vozick-levinson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: BPD Officers Describe Alleged Beating | 8/15/2003 | See Source »

...split after the kids go to college and the parents divorce. It is in the central hub of American gambling—Las Vegas—that the family comes back together for their love of betting and winning. Lederer’s thoughtful prose describes in vivid, poignant detail all the hardships of finding one’s place in the world. The book will be presented on August 18 at 7:00 p.m. Free. Wordsworth Books, 30 Brattle...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Happening :: Listings for the Week of Aug. 15 through Aug. 21 | 8/15/2003 | See Source »

Leahy, now a BC senior, testified that Byrne had harassed her while arresting several friends the night before Trombly’s alleged beating. She said that Byrne verbally accosted her when he encountered her again the next night while on his underage drinking detail, and that Trombly’s only involvement before his arrest was to console...

Author: By Simon W. Vozick-levinson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Testimony Begins in Trial of Officer Who Allegedly Beat Student | 8/15/2003 | See Source »

...makes far more sense than you would think. Barron's basic conceit is surprisingly persuasive: the same qualities that made Austen a brilliant writer make her an ace detective, namely, her quick wit and her psychological acuity. Barron's cause is also aided by her deft marshaling of historical detail--the textiles alone (Sprigged muslin! Bombazine!) are worth the price of admission--and, of course, a dash of genuine erotic friction between Jane and the roguish Lord Harold. Barron is scrupulously faithful to the historical record, so we know that Jane will never actually get married. But shouldn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: If You Read Only One Mystery Novel This Summer... | 8/11/2003 | See Source »

...witnesses and participants in America's most dynamic moments?the Gold Rush, construction of the Transcontinental Railroad, Reconstruction, the civil-rights movement?can't help but be engaging. And Chang, whose 1997 The Rape of Nanking was a bestseller, is a solid storyteller with a good eye for human detail and a strong sense of narrative...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Those Chinatown Blues | 8/4/2003 | See Source »

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