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...this hot August morning, the Capitol has been abandoned by the congressional combatants. The route to Majority Leader Robert Dole's office is uncrowded and cool, and the stone busts of Hubert Humphrey, Richard Nixon and Lyndon Johnson whisper from the shadows about great ambitions achieved and denied...
...wood-and-stone tavern dating from 1797. Now Novi, just back from an eating tour of Italy, plans to add new creations to his old favorites, such as a soup of kale, brisket and hominy, and fried troutlings with a sweet pepper and horseradish dip. Len Allison and Karen Hubert, who run Huberts, a superior restaurant off Gramercy Park in Manhattan, admit their debt to Novi, whom they consider the father of new American cooking...
...gained support, the government tried to choke off the opposition. It first closed down the popular Radio Soleil, run by the Roman Catholic Church, charging its management with broadcasting "alarmist" news reports. A general news blackout followed as other stations voluntarily abandoned public affairs programming. Police arrested Opposition Leader Hubert de Ronceray, a lawyer and sociologist, charging him with sedition after "subversive" documents were found in his home. Once a member of Duvalier's Cabinet, De Ronceray, 54, has persistently ridiculed last July's rigged national referendum, in which, the government contends, 99.98% of those who voted backed the Duvalier...
...whom will justice be done? He will not be able to understand the proceedings. Such "justice" comes close to the practice of the Dark Ages, when high officials or rulers, even Popes, were dug from their graves, brought into the courtroom, and condemned to be executed. (The Rev.) Hubert S. Szanto Orange, Calif. Computer's Birth...
...journalism." J 'Accuse was "an indictment of the forces and virtues of traditional France, its religious passion, military spirit, and hierarchies." Zola's outrage proved contagious. Slowly the bodyguard of lies surrounding the actual villains began to defect. Major Ferdinand Esterhazy, a German agent, fled the country. Lieut. Colonel Hubert Henry, who had forged Dreyfus' handwriting on incriminating documents, committed suicide...