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...airport, where a tense meeting took place with Defense Minister Roques Rodrigues. "I heard the Colonel say: "I can destroy them all and rebuild again tomorrow,'' Reinado says. The Minister refused to give his approval, saying such an order would have to come from the Prime Minister. He then drove Lere to Alkatiri's residence, where a lengthy meeting took place. Afterward, Lere saw Reinado at Tasi Tolu. "He told me he has approval to take action," Reinado recalls. "I said, 'You do it without any written order or justification.'" He says Lere was not using official procedures, instead issuing...
...going to take you to work with me, I'm really worried about you." I said, "I'm fine, I feel much better, I got a really good night's sleep, I've got to go to school today." I kissed him on the cheek goodbye when he drove me to school. I kissed him goodbye, I had a couple of tears in my eyes, he drove away. I left class early, got on the bus, went to Walgreens, and picked up Starbursts and Skittles for my last meal...
...city. Most important, Ray Nagin, whose political obituary had been all but written last fall, is still mayor, having coasted to victory over Landrieu in Saturday's runoff election. He did it with the overwhelming support of African-American voters, many of whom voted from exile or drove miles to cast ballots in polling places set up in still-desolate neighborhoods...
...digital camera and small crew. Five days before the shoot was finished, the authorities discovered they'd been duped. "The police in Tehran were under orders to arrest us if they saw us shooting," Panahi says. "Luckily, the only scenes we had left were in a minibus, so we drove out of the city borders where they couldn't find us." Despite all the hassle, Panahi has made a film that's lighter and more lively than anything he's ever done. It's also his most amusing film yet. "It's a funny situation anyway - 100,000 men watching...
...tanning parlor. Later that evening, she and her boyfriend, Chris Raffo, took pictures at his parents' house. But instead of joining the rest of her classmates at Pearl River Central High School, in Carriere, Miss., for their last big hurrah, Lott and Raffo dined in an Italian restaurant and drove to New Orleans for a quiet evening in the French Quarter. Lott, 18, had desperately wanted to go to her prom, but not without Raffo, 21, a Marine who had secured a leave to escort her. Raffo was unwelcome at the big dance, however, because Lott's school bars guests...