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...ENSUING TRIAL, stolid Herman takes the rap and goes to prison in Maria's stead. For her part, she comes to visit him daily and swears loyalty to their new life once he is freed. Fassbinder deftly mingles pathos with farce in teary scenes as the couple communicates through bars during prison visiting hours...
...falls by the wayside. Anothers is Willi, her brother-in-law who dissipates into a broken alcoholic. Unlike them, Maria manages to keep going. In a crazy, loyal way, she keeps visiting Herman in mail, pressing upon him money, speaking fondly of the day when he will be freed...
...pullout of British troops: If the British army withdrew precipitately it would give rise to a higher level of violence. If the I.R.A. were freed of the British army, they would certainly step up their activities, and it is well known that the paramilitary Unionists are very well armed. It could be tantamount to a civil...
DIED. Charlie Smith, reputedly 137 and the oldest U.S. citizen on Social Security records; of heart and kidney failure; in Bartow, Fla. Smith claimed that he was born in Liberia, was lured onto a slave ship in 1854 and sold to a Texas rancher named Charlie Smith. Freed under the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863, Smith said he became known as "Trigger," a gun-slinging acquaintance of Billy the Kid and Jesse James. The spry, loquacious centenarian recounted tales that jibed with historical documents. One secret of his longevity: "I never drink green [plain] milk...
...such battle, took one great swing that hit Irving of Brooklyn where the helmet joins his shoulders, and it cut through his neck and sliced his head clean off. And so the battle ended, and the maidens cheered. And Lady Grizzelda ran from her seat, for St. John had freed her. And St. John had regained his honor and the honor of the Court...