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Noisome applause greeted this oration, but even louder salvos, from auditors of both persuasions, greeted the next speaker, Lawyer Malone of the defense. Adopting Bryan's revivalist technique, yet retaining logic in his argument, Malone pleaded for freedom of the mind, chided Bryan for having given the case its large significance and then having refused?by objecting to scientific testimony?to fight out its deepest implications. Lawyer Malone begged His Honor at least to hear the scientists himself, to discover whether or not their testimony was proper for the jurors to hear...
...table, carpet and doughnuts. In another corner a number of boys are exploring ways to injure themselves with folded metal chairs--like swinging them at one another. A soccer ball zips past a hand-painted sign proclaiming Christ's love. The din of cracking voices gets even louder...
...politicians from the region and beyond assemble in Srebrenica to mark the anniversary with the usual "never again" vows, one simple fact speaks louder than any of their words: General Ratko Mladic, the Bosnian Serb military leader who was the chief architect of the war crime at Srebrenica, remains at large - presumed to be hiding in Serbia, under the protection of elements of the military and police who see him as a war hero. Unfortunately, millions of Serbs share this view, remaining in dogged denial over the deeds of the fugitive general and, even more importantly, over Serbia...
...went. From the opening bars of the finale, Horowitz raced ahead with all the mad passion of a cossack charge. "I played louder, faster and more notes than Tchaikovsky wrote," he later recalled. Beecham tried to rally, but there would be no catching up. "I was doing it my way. He was doing it his way," says Horowitz. "On the first night, Beecham came in second." The pianist finished several bars ahead of the orchestra. The audience erupted in a frenzy. In the New York Times, Music Critic Olin Downes captured the intensity of the moment. "A whirlwind of virtuoso...
McCaffery’s final bucket—a dagger from the free throw line to cut the margin to 53-50—gave her 16 points on the night and 13 in the second half. The crowd, which had grown louder with every point the Crimson scored, screamed itself hoarse after the jumper. Her heroics set the stage for Cserny. Fighting for at least one more game in an already stellar career, she took over the final minutes of the second half...