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...Distraught Hollis residents spent the past week putting their tragic lives back together, while trying to figure out who was going to cover the $80,000 worth of water damage from last Friday night...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SCREAMING IN THE RAIN | 10/15/1994 | See Source »

When I heard that my legal Texas driver's license would no longer allow me to purchase alcohol in the great state of Massachusetts, I was disgusted--and a bit distraught. Walk into Christie's and an ominous sign greets all ye who imbibe: "...only valid Massachusetts Driver's Licenses or Massachusetts I.D.s will be accepted..." Should you happen to carry around your passport or military I.D., you can legally buy alcohol until the end of the month. Whoopee...

Author: By Brad EDWARD White, | Title: In Search of Suds | 9/21/1994 | See Source »

Clarence Thomas was so distraught during the Anita Hill sexual harassment hearings that he reportedly engaged in a bathroom prayer session and once writhed on the bedroom floor in despair. The info comes from a surprisingly credible source: the semi-contrite memoirs of Thomas's chief political sponsor, Missouri Sen. John Danforth. The politician-minister also confesses he might have gone a little hard on Hill to get Thomas on the bench...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CLARENCE FLOORED | 9/19/1994 | See Source »

...Furthermore, after six | days in Mozambique, he walked off his return flight to Johannesburg, leaving a package of undeveloped film on his seat. He realized his mistake when he arrived at a friend's house. He raced back to the airport but failed to turn up anything. Carter was distraught and returned to the friend's house in the morning, threatening to smoke a white pipe and gas himself to death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Life and Death of Kevin Carter | 9/12/1994 | See Source »

...bedroom window at 1:49 a.m. Several federal agencies are furiously investigating the event, in which the 38-year-old pilot, Frank Eugene Corder, was killed. The Secret Service said this afternoon that Corder, a freight truck driver, had "a prior history of mental illness" and had been distraught over the death of his father and the recent breakup of his marriage. They don't believe he had directed the aircraft at Clinton. The President's reply: "We take this incident seriously because the White House is the people's house, and it's the job of every President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A KAMIKAZE DIVE INTO THE WHITE HOUSE GROUNDS | 9/12/1994 | See Source »

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