Word: gunn
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...that Raul is taking the lead on economic policy, "he is once again a serious political player," says Gillian Gunn, head of Georgetown University's Cuba Project. Raul personally replaced half the Communist Party's first secretaries in the provinces this summer with young, pro-army party men. "To the average Cuban it looks like Raul has taken over, with Fidel held for special occasions, public relations and international events," says a party member. Some political analysts in Havana even talk of Fidel becoming a figurehead and letting others carry out reforms the staunch communist finds repugnant. Of course, with...
...compassionate and conscientious with his regular patients. Marjorie Mason, a patient who lives in his hometown of Fernandina Beach, Florida, praises him for seeing her through a difficult pregnancy: "He held my hand through the whole thing." Yet Britton could be brusque and abrasive with clients he inherited from Gunn. Nor did he believe in turning the other cheek: he packed a .357 Magnum and talked freely about his willingness to shoot abortion protesters if they trespassed on his property with intent to harm...
...ideal neighbor. Yet his father had signed a warrant against him for assault when he was 17, and an ex-pastor confides that two churches had expelled him in 1992 for preaching the idea that came to consume him: that to kill an abortion provider was justifiable homicide. With Gunn's death, however, Hill found a more receptive audience: talk- and news-show hosts. Appearing first on Donahue, then on Nightline and Sonya Live, the formerly obscure car-cleaning entrepreneur gained instant recognition in the protest community saying what several believed but few admitted: "If we can use ((deadly)) force...
...most likely threat to Britton's life. Others too saw him as an explosion waiting to happen. Ron Fitzsimmons, director of the National Coalition of Abortion Providers, who | first met him on Donahue, recalls having an edgy dialogue with Hill while in Pensacola to mark the anniversary of Gunn's death. "I remember I said, 'Paul, you're not going to kill me, are you?' I asked him why he hadn't killed any doctors. He said, 'Well, Ron, that's a very good question, and I've really struggled with it. But I feel I can make more...
Revulsion at Hill's act may indeed turn many Americans away from pro-life activism. But it may also encourage a tiny, violent minority, much as the Gunn murder appeared to activate Hill. David Trosch, a Roman Catholic priest who signed Hill's petition, has publicly recommended "massive killings of abortionists and their staffs." He said of last week's crime, "I see the action as a good action." There were more than 20 other signatories...