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There were early signs of possible trouble. Other counselors asked if I had intentionally applied for my particular position in disbelief that anyone would willingly supervise the activity formerly known as “Library.” During orientation, when an example was needed for dealing with bored, negative, or restless kids, MMM (as those of us in the know refer to Multimedia Madness) was repeatedly referenced...
...literally 8 times,” was the first thing she said to me. “Five times last night, three times this morning.” Several emotions past over me: jealousy at this woman’s active bedtime life, disbelief at this man’s supposed lack of a refractory period, and then a firm conviction that she was lying. This perception has tainted every subsequent interaction I’ve had with her, and there have been many...
...city largely numbed by the unending cycle of violent death, last Saturday's car bombing produced a ripple of shocked disbelief. At 11:45 a.m., a car, believed to be a white Mercedes, exploded outside a supermarket crowded with women and children in predominantly Christian East Beirut. The blast killed as many as 50 people and injured nearly 100 others, several of whom were trapped in an underground storage room. The blast touched off a raging fire in the six-story apartment building housing the supermarket, and a pillar of black smoke towered above the area. Explosives experts believe that...
Although he is serving a twoyear prison sentence for filing false tax returns, Federal Judge Harry E. Claiborne refused to resign from the bench, insisting that he had been wrongfully convicted. The House demonstrated its disbelief by voting for impeachment in July. Last week, after its first impeachment trial in 50 years, the Senate found Claiborne guilty of "high crimes and misdemeanors," removing him from office and stripping him of the $78,700 salary he was drawing while imprisoned at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. Claiborne, 69, became the fifth federal official, all judges, ever ousted by impeachment. HISTORY Rerouting...
Gasps and murmurs of shock resonated throughout the theater. At the front of the room, Summers and Kirby betrayed visible disbelief. When Ulrich had finished her statement—announcing that Skocpol’s more mild motion to censure the president had also passed—Summers covered his mouth with his hand...