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...just returned from a hike to the ocean, where she watched a search-and-rescue team look for a 17-year-old girl from Mill Valley who disappeared during an overnight party with her friends. Inside St. Andrew, Lamott's beloved church, she offers prayers for the search. Later that day, the girl is found in the Pacific, dead...
...numbers and notes for the book I'm writing, in case I needed to work on it. I clearly have lost all understanding of how long 24 hours is. And of the fact that I would never write anything longer than my name with a pen. A few minutes later, our babysitter showed up, and Cassandra and I headed off to dinner. We were 11 minutes into our experiment when, sitting in traffic, Cassandra suggested we call the restaurant to tell them we'd be late. Then she started singing Lady Gaga songs a cappella. Then she came up with...
...Government spokesman Panitan Wattanayagorn said during an afternoon press conference, "The government would like to assure the public that the use of force will be reasonable." Later that evening, Army spokesman Col. Sansern Kaewkamnerd said, "A lot of soldiers have been injured. We have carried out measures step by step. Protesters countered by every means including the use of bombs and real bullets." Local television reported that one foreign journalist had been injured by a bullet and was hospitalized. Most injuries before nightfall appeared to have been from rubber bullets and tear gas and blows. Around 6 p.m., helicopters began...
...Friday, however, several thousand protesters overran the broadcasting terminal for the station, forcing police and soldiers to essentially surrender and agree to let the station broadcast. After protesters withdrew, the soldiers later retook the station and shut down the broadcasts again. But the security forces had been embarrassed. Prime Minister Abhisit made a television address that evening, admitting that his supporters had been disheartened by the day's events. But, he said, "The government cannot be discouraged. With righteousness, we will...
Kaczynski, 59, was active in the anti-communist opposition since the 1970s and advised the Solidarity hero Lech Walesa during the workers' strikes that led to the toppling of the communist regime in 1989. He later split with Walesa and was a co-founder of the rightist Law and Justice party with his twin brother, Jaroslaw. He resigned from the party when he became president in 2005 but continued to support...