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...spent 24 of his 37 years behind bars, was paroled from Utah State Prison last spring, after Mailer had arranged publication of Abbott's book, In the Belly of the Beast, a horrifying description of prison life, and offered him a job as a researcher. On the fatal July morning, Abbott was breakfasting at the Bini-Bon with two young women and asked Adan if he could use the restroom. Adan replied that it was for employees only, and the two began a quarrel that they went outside to settle...
...conference last week, Deputy Premier Jerzy Ozdowski even expressed vague hopes that martial law might be lifted "tomorrow or by Feb. 1." The skepticism of Western observers seemed to be confirmed at week's end when Government Spokesman Jerzy Urban declared that martial law would last until "all fatal phenomena"-in other words, all opposition-ended...
...catalyst for all that follows is the fatal heart attack of Leonard Strickland, a gentle North Carolina lawyer fond of Montaigne and Cicero. After 40 years of his benign companionship, his widow Nell doubts her ability to go it alone: "He protected me from so much ... from my harshest judgments of myself as well as of others." Strickland's death also catches his two daughters at awkward points in their lives. Cate, headstrong and twice divorced, is approaching her 40th birthday and teaching English at a small college in Iowa; like her previous school in New Hampshire, this...
This ploy proved fatal, however, when defenseman Paula Joyce of Dartmouth saw an opening with 42 seconds left to play, and shot the puck straight into the Crimson net from near her own goal, bringing the score to 4-2 and clinching the victory for Dartmouth...
...Kent Schwitzer, a Minnesota physician, warned that alcohol can be fatal in extreme cold and advised those who had consumed alcohol to remain in doors...