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According to McNamara, she was interrogated for a week by Peru's counterterrorism police and Interpol before she was allowed to call a lawyer ( or the U.S. embassy. On Dec. 28, McNamara was transferred to Canto Grande, Peru's maximum-security prison on the outskirts of Lima. She was housed in a cellblock where some of Sendero Luminoso's most notorious leaders are kept, awaiting trial or serving sentences for crimes ranging from sabotage to assassination...
Since 1979, the Orioles have been the property of Washington Trial Lawyer Edward Bennett Williams, famed counsel to Joe McCarthy, Jimmy Hoffa and the Birdman of Alcatraz. No local buyer could be found when Williams bought the team for $12 million; now it is said to be worth $60 million. Williams' general manager until last October, Hank Peters, insists that "winning and losing are both team efforts" and the blame for the Orioles' decline belongs to "me, the owner, the manager, the players and the farm system." But the emphasis should be on the owner. Like...
...President asked no questions during the 30-minute meeting. Meese then gave Reagan his side of the story, presenting a rosier assessment, although John Shepherd, his nominee to replace Burns, had withdrawn his name just hours before. The St. Louis lawyer decided that the eight-month job would not be worth enduring more questions about his personal life in the confirmation process. Predicted a White House aide: "No Deputy Attorney General will ever be confirmed as long as Ed is there...
...hatred for them," said Fatima, 60, mother of one of the Palestinians deported last week. Several Palestinians offered predictions confirming Israel's worst fears. "Al-Wazir's killing will no doubt weaken the moderate voices and take Arafat to extremist positions," warned a doctor in Gaza. A Palestinian lawyer offered a prognosis that the Israelis may find even more distressing. "The killing of Abu Jihad," he said, "may achieve Palestinian unity...
...growing old without children, Psychologist Goodchilds explains, "For many, not having children removes the concern of being a burden to your children in old age." However, outright regret is not unusual. Despite three nephews, a golden retriever and a cat, Suzanne Childs, 45, a twice-divorced Los Angeles lawyer, says, "Knowing what I know now, I would have married someone different and had a child...