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During his five-month trial, Colonel Thomas Michael ("Mad Mike") Hoare, who gained notoriety while soldiering for fortune in the Congo during the 1960s, put up a plucky front. During recesses Hoare entertained visitors with tales of his derring-do and signed copies of his swashbuckling biography, entitled Congo Mercenary. But last week the bravado was gone from the man who used to run a swaggering group of commandos in the Congo who called themselves the Wild Geese. His face ashen, Hoare, 63, slumped in his chair in a Pietermaritzburg courtroom as Judge Neville James found him and 42 fellow...
Hoping to keep people off the streets on the night of the five-month anniversary, the government showed the movie Easy Rider on state television. But the protests turned ugly that evening as about 50 young demonstrators in Warsaw's Old Town were cleared away by club-wielding policemen. In Cracow, meanwhile, about 7,000 people gathered near the Church of the Virgin Mary, chanting protest slogans and singing the national anthem. When the crowd ignored orders to disband, they were charged by about 1,000 members of the notorious ZOMO motorized police force, who cleared the streets with...
...rule doesn't question Borg's ability. As it stands now, if Borg did play his way through the qualifying rounds he would--upon entry to the main round--receive a seeding (as occurred last week when he made a comeback in Monte Carlo, his first tournament since his five-month layoff.) Borg's current request does not even include a demand for a top seed...
...know whether we're just fishing or not." Harvard Police Chief Saul L. Chafin said as the five-month search for Joan Webster entered a new phase. By the end of the week, police had dragged in vain both Walden Pond and a lake in Beverly...
...will replace current dean Paul N. Ylvisaker on July 1. The selection of Graham ends a five-month search that began when Ylvisaker told the Ed School faculty early in June that he intended to bring his ten-year career as dean to a close...