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...until he began to talk, they had no proof he had committed any of the murders. Watts' luck ran out last May 23, when he was arrested while trying to drown Lori Lister, 20, in her apartment bathtub. In the end Watts' culpability came as no great surprise to Houston police. When Watts migrated south in March 1981, Michigan authorities warned Texas police that he was suspected of being Michigan's "Sunday Morning Slasher." Houston police placed Watts under surveillance, but he was obviously not watched closely enough...
...world. And yet the young ones are hungry for God. I'm sure deep down in your hearts you have that hunger for God. Do not be afraid. He loves you. You are precious to him ... 'I called you by your name. You are mine. Water cannot drown you. Fire will not burn you. I will give up nations for you. You are precious to me. I love you.' This is the talk God speaks...
...brigades had been surrounded and almost entirely taken prisoner; the rest of the Iraqi force of about 12,000 men was fleeing. Said an Iranian captain afterward: "Some were so frightened that they threw themselves into the shaft and struck out for the Iraqi shore. I saw a few drown. They could not swim, and their comrades, desperate to save themselves, let them go down...
...bellow to be heard in the balcony. Some, like the Uris, where Annie is now playing, have such bad acoustics that, without a little help, even a foghorn would sound like a wheeze to someone sitting in the back row. There seems in fact to be a conspiracy to drown out the voice. Some composers have turned from strings and woodwinds to ever louder brasses and electronic instruments. Even Ethel Merman, who has the strongest pipes in the business, might find it impossible to make herself heard over the electronic thunder of a musical like Evita...
...from touching a king-even during an emergency-meant that the barges had to carry strings of buoyant coconuts to be used as life preservers in case of an accident. Though no Thai would touch him in normal circumstances today, it is unlikely the King would be allowed to drown, and, after several practice drills down the river, the navy decided that the coconuts would not be needed...