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...Spanish governor ruled in somnolent serenity until 1806, when Spain was succumbing to Napoleon, and Spanish rule in Buenos Aires was attacked by the British. The Spanish governor of the Falklands decided to flee, leaving the islands without any government at all. The population dwindled to a few lawless gauchos and wandering fishermen...
Convicted of twice attempting to murder his heiress wife Martha ("Sunny") with injections of insulin, Von Bülow faces up to 40 years in prison. The prosecution, arguing that he might flee the country, asked that his $100,000 bail be revoked. But Judge Thomas Needham denied the motion, leaving Von Bülow free pending sentencing, probably...
Oberg says his interest in foreign service grew under the influence of his father, also a diplomat. Stationed in France during World War II, the Obergs helped Jews flee the Vichy government and its deportation measures. Oberg tells the story of a young Jewish boy who stayed with the Swedish family for several months until arrangements could be made to take him to a safer place. In departing, the youth left some clothes behind, including a pair of long pants given to Jean-Christophe. "Getting your first pair of long pants was a big thing in those days," says Oberg...
...Testament. Its use in Hebrew sacrifices as a meat purifier came to signify the eternal covenant between God and Israel. In one biblical case, salt symbolized a lack of fidelity. In Genesis 19:1-29, two angels of the Lord command Lot, his wife and two daughters to flee the sinful city of Sodom without ever looking back. When Lot's wife cast a fleeting glance backward (her faith was uncertain), she was immediately transformed into a pillar of salt. A Roman religious ritual, however, in which grains of salt were placed on an eight-day-old babe...
...recently as 1978, shrank by 19.5% last year. A decline in world prices for such exports as coffee, cotton and sugar is a factor in the slump, but the war has brought new investment to a halt and driven many businessmen to close their doors and flee the country. Today guerrilla groups in Usulutan department loiter openly along the nation's most important highway, occasionally burning buses and trucks, collecting "revolutionary taxes" from travelers and delivering political lectures while Salvadoran army soldiers watch from a prudent distance. In one such incident, about 40 guerrillas armed with...