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Shirley, a ninth grader at Cambridge's Matignon High School, pointed to the cracked wall by her living room sofa, as she complained of the cold temperature in the room. Her mother, Marie, appeared in the doorway buttoning her coat, and slipped out of the door after delivering some last remarks in Haitian Creole...
...Barbara, who also stayed in her doorway as she talked to me, was primarily concerned about the environment and the economy. She said that she seldom votes in primaries, and did not like any of the candidates in the race; she was waiting for a Green Party candidate. But for her good intentions, Barbara was badly uninformed about the presidential candidates. When I started discussing Harkin's environmental record, she asked: "Is Harkin a Democrat or Republican...
...million in assets were frozen after the bank's offices were shut down in July. Abedi's bank had been the first Western-style bank allowed to operate on the communist mainland, in part because of Abedi's early support of CITIC, the Chinese investment company that is the doorway to China's military-industrial complex. China, starved for hard currency, has thus far not signed the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty or missile-technology-limitation agreements...
Police and the Iowa division of criminal investigation quickly reconstructed what had happened. A few serving dishes had been passed, and the six family members were just beginning to eat when Robert appeared in the dining-room doorway, pointing a high-powered, semiautomatic rifle. Firing short bursts, he swung the rifle barrel right around the table. Nobody had time to move. They all died within 30 seconds. Then he stepped back into the hallway, picked up a shotgun he had left there, pushed the barrel up under his chin, and blew his brains...
...protesters locked their arms and stood or sat in front of the two entrances to the National Security Program offices, a doorway and an elevator door. One woman who wished to deliver a letter to the office had to hand it to a National Security staff member over the heads of the protesters...