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...allowed to visit her husband twice within a few days, though family visits are generally limited to one a month. Zuckerman, who was able to travel to Moscow without the usual delays in obtaining a visa, said his correspondent was being treated well but conditions at Lefortovo were harsh. "He was thrilled when I walked in," said Zuckerman. "He literally fell into my arms and was close to tears...
...terrorists, alternately harsh and conciliatory, angrily ordered passengers to move to the center of the plane. Some obeyed, while others tried to hide in the darkness. Recalls Michael Goldstein, a physician from Los Angeles: "The stewardesses were using megaphones, asking passengers to be very quiet amd not to panic." Then, with scores of people crouching in the middle of the plane, the terrorists shouted out an ominous countdown: "One . . . two . . . three!" On the count of three they began firing machine guns from the forward part of the craft and exploding hand grenades at the rear. Some of the passengers broke...
...They are like squirrels in a running wheel," wrote Journalist Tonis Avikson. He noted that the reservists staged work stoppages when their Chernobyl tour of duty was extended from two months to six, and the "air was filled with strong words, words fueled by disappointment, indignation, despair." Despite this harsh picture, the reporting was apparently an officially approved effort to squelch false rumors about even worse conditions...
Unfortunately, the presence of such people cannot soften the impact of another harsh lesson one learns on an assembly line. Manual labor is not edifying, and it does not bring one closer to God or nature. It destroys the mind...
While the report covered many of the criticisms leveled at Rehnquist during his confirmation hearings in August, it was characterized by its use of harsh language...