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...President claimed that amnesty is necessary to avert a civil war, but human rights groups were incensed. Bristled Lawyer Marcello Parrilli: "The bill guarantees the impunity of people who committed atrocious crimes." Alfonsin's action, though, recognizes the enduring power of the military and Argentina's tenuous grip on democracy...
...also had the opportunity to grip a javelin--it was a long perfectly aerodynamic spear. I hefted the javelin as if to throw it with the tip against my ear. I noticed that the weight was shifted mostly to the rear which made the javelin appear unbalanced. Possibly, this weight shift occurred in response to a 104.41-meter throw by a Polish athlete that sailed off the throwing surface and nearly hit a runner on the track...
...Since Eve." One son makes mobiles, "unrequested by the world," while his brother tries to crack the Manhattan film world of "lost young souls stoned on media, pounding the sidewalks and virtually (who knows? -- maybe actually) selling their bodies for the whisper of a promise of becoming an assistant grip's assistant in a public-television documentary on the African killer...
...with trendy furniture and appliances, and one day, more than usually bored, buying the damn doghouse, a two-story log affair built to resemble a Western fort. Naturally Duane's red- eyed pooch Shorty won't go near this oddity. McMurtry neatly establishes both that Shorty has a firmer grip on things than his master and that Duane, though distracted, is not a bad egg; there is no dog in the doghouse he is cannonading. Still, Shorty does have problems: Can his master get it together to open a can of Alpo...
...heights. Now they are about to endure what the Marines call the "slide for life," clambering up a 35-ft.-high wooden tower and then descending headfirst down wires that stretch across a muddy ditch. A recruit clings like a frightened tree sloth to the wire. Then, slowly, his grip loosens and he plunges into the muddy water. "You just let go. You didn't even try," snaps the angry instructor. "Back to the squad bay, Private...