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...widely publicized incident last fall, a female student at the University of California, Berkeley, filed a complaint saying she had been gang-raped by a football player she once dated and three of his teammates. The case was dropped, partly because the victim had been drinking. Said Detective Greg Folster of the University of California, Berkeley, police: "I have no doubt that this was a sexual assault, but I don't think the judicial system is quite ready for acquaintance rape...
...little Americans in the U.S. now cared about the progress of their defeated enemy toward this goal was demonstrated by a Constitution Day incident: NBC Correspondent George Thomas Folster had arranged a tradition-shattering exclusive "live" broadcast of the Emperor's message, urged it on his New York office. Cabled back NBC: "Can't use Hirohito...
Somewhere on the high seas two U-boats caught an Allied merchant vessel and surfaced to shell it. A high-explosive burst hit squarely on the bridge. Captain Arthur William Folster, of Durban, South Africa, collapsed on his deck, riddled with shell fragments, his right arm and left leg torn...
Knowing himself beyond medical aid, Captain Folster called for a slug of brandy, then ordered his men to abandon ship. As the boats pulled away and the ship settled in the water, ablaze from end to end, the survivors heard a weird sound. The skipper had propped himself up, got hold of the whistle lanyard with his good arm and sent his last salute−dot-dot-dot-dash−the Morse code V for Victory...
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