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...result, however, is a work that itself reads as mysteriously pieced together. Lelyveld’s goals work at cross-purposes, leaving the reader confused and disappointed. “Omaha Blues” shows how difficult it is to both conjure a ghost and purge restless memories within a single text. The endeavor is a valiant one, but it would have been better served by reserving its disparate aims for independent ventures...
...Cleveland strike force, composed of investigators from both the Justice and Labor departments, had compiled a 100-page memo recommending that a grand jury be urged to indict Presser for allegedly putting "ghost workers" on the Local 507 payroll. The prosecutors had won convictions of or guilty pleas from two men: Allen Friedman, Presser's uncle, and John Nardi Jr. Evidence showed that from 1972 to 1981 the two were paid a total of some $275,000 by the Cleveland local without doing any work for it and that Presser had signed their paychecks. Friedman complained bitterly last week...
...Blair to Zimbabwe's opposition and promising to end "imperialism and domination of any kind and from any quarter." Though South Africa's observer mission said the vote reflected "the free will of the people of Zimbabwe," human-rights and election-monitoring groups allege that hundreds of thousands of "ghost voters" were used to manipulate the result. Mugabe dismissed claims of rigging as "nonsense." Can the President's opponents do anything about the suspect results? Opposition Movement for Democratic Change ( MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai said that the ruling party had committed "disgusting, massive fraud" and called on Zimbabweans to "defend...
...officials say that's because Mugabe is now using more subtle means to ensure victory. ZANU-PF controls the electoral commission, and has closed most of the independent media outlets in Zimbabwe. The party also oversees the electoral count and voter rolls - which opponents allege are swollen with "ghost" voters. Ironically, even reforms urged by the MDC are being turned by ZANU-PF to its own advantage. Translucent ballot boxes, for instance, meant to symbolize an open voting system, will instead enable observers to see how people vote, warn ZANU-PF officials. After the last few years of state-sponsored...
...although the House Committee on Government Reform stopped short of conjuring up the ghost of Joe McCarthy in an attempt to scare Mark McGwire into admitting his once-legendary bat speed was fueled with THG and HGH, the theater—or hearing, to be official—was imbued with a sufficient sense of the surreal to make any rational baseball fan question what good could reasonably come from such staged drama...