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...shootout, Koresh promised to surrender himself peacefully if he could deliver a statement on radio. But after his rambling 58-minute address was broadcast on Christian stations around the country, he reneged, saying he was still awaiting "further instructions from God." With Biblical scholars on hand to help them fathom Koresh's thinking, three negotiating teams headed by the FBI remained in periodic phone contact with him and other Davidians. "The constant theme is, 'When are you coming out?' " said Jeffrey Jamar, the FBI agent in charge of the operation...
...become harder] to fathom how~~ truth and justice could have anything like the same meaning the world over--say to a New Guinea headhunter and a computer programmer in Silicon Valley or to militant enemy groups in the Middle East," Bok said...
...present incident, Dr. Counter's letter appeared on April 14. We as an organization met that evening but did not fathom the emerging controversy. In the week that followed our organization hosted both the Indian Consulate General and the Bangladeshi Ambassador, while holding our annual elections. All three events proceeded as planned but in the following week We were approached to sign various letters. As I have previously mentioned, we undergo an intricate process before taking a stance such as this. My Co-President Muneer Ahmad responded to those who asked him to sign that he could not even consider...
Rarely can Americans fathom what goes on outside the United states. Maybe the widespread poverty and violence in American cities approximate the conditions of poor, war-torn Third World countries, but the conflict we see at home will always be the conflict of a rich society...
Senators returned to the point, plainly unwilling to accept that Hill had not at least entertained this scenario when she made her statement to the FBI agents. They, like many viewers, could not fathom how Hill would have failed to anticipate that her charges might not remain anonymous and that at some point she might have to face Thomas. When asked by Biden if she considered herself part of an "organized effort" to keep Thomas from the bench, she said, "I had not even imagined that this would occur...