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...some kind of sexual assault, but she never reveals its exact nature. This, of course, runs counter to the conventions of popular culture. If this were the TV-rape-movie-of-the-month, a hysterical revelation of the exact nature of the abuse -- especially if it were, say, gang rape or years of incest -- would be obligatory in order to balance the moral scales...
...Philadelphia family's paranoia and violence, you guys were sometimes known as "the gang that couldn't shoot straight...
...claims to be upholding the constitutional rights of the C.H.A.'s 150,000 authorized tenants, most of the firepower seems to be in the hands of illegal occupants. Police estimate that 80% of the crime in the projects is caused by 50,000 to 70,000 unauthorized residents, often gang members who move in with their girlfriends or take over empty apartments...
...languished for nearly two decades in the National Archives while Nixon lawyers and the government argued over how to release them, show just how coarse and ruthless a man he was. At one point he enthuses over a suggestion to recruit "eight thugs" from the Teamsters Union -- "murderers" -- to gang up on peace protesters. "They've got guys who will go in and knock their heads off," says Nixon. "Sure," adds Haldeman, "Beat the s--- out of some of these people...
...most inmates, prison is a spartan experience. But not for Mexican drug baron Oliverio Chavez Araujo, 33, who has been linked to Colombia's Medellin drug cartel and has been incarcerated since 1986 at the state prison in Matamoros. After members of a rival drug gang shot Chavez in the jaw and nearly blinded him three weeks ago, his bodyguards staged a violent takeover of the prison; 18 people died. Once in control of the complex, Chavez continued to make drug deals from his cell, which was outfitted with cellular phones and a fax machine. Though state police ringed...