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...discovered that a baby favoring the Lindbergh child had arrived on a nearby farm. A Lockheed low-wing monoplane alighted at Newark Airport and its two passengers electrified spectators with a package containing "something alive." The plane, it developed, belonged to Asa Candler ("Coca-Cola") of Atlanta, Ga. "Something alive" was a pair of small monkeys which Mr. Candler was sending to friends in New Hampshire...
...most serious crimes - the planners and leaders of the genocide - will go through Rwanda's conventional criminal courts. But those accused of murder, violent assault, torture and looting will be tried in nearly 11,000 traditional gacaca courts like the one sitting in judgment on Ntirushwamaboko. Gacaca (pronounced ga-cha-cha) proceedings, named for the Rwandan word for the grass on which they are traditionally held, employ "people of impeccable integrity" elected by villagers to serve as judge and jury. That means that in Zivu, and in thousands of other villages throughout Rwanda, a genocide carried out by ordinary people...
...committee raises questions about research that Bellesiles claims to have conducted in Contra Costa, Calif.; East Point, Ga.; Salt Lake City, Utah, and Rutland County, Vt., as well as several Massachusetts courthouses. The report outlines a cross-country trail of unprofessional conduct. Yes, the committee only found evidence of intentional falsification on one page—but the committee documented examples of “carelessness” and substandard scholarship throughout Bellesiles’ book...
Though the Crimson dominated the singles contests against Ga. Tech, it won only two of the six against the Tigers...
...went out and took care of business [against Ga. Tech],” singles No. 2 Celia Durkin, a freshman, said. “We performed well individually, which made for a great team result...