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Still, wanting to see what else was in store for me in the letter, I kept on reading. Your note continues in its glowing manner, touching on many of the usual reasons why people opt against donating to the Senior Gift. "As any one of our 200 Senior Gifters would be happy to tell you, a contribution to Senior Gift speaks to your commitment to this community and its improvement," you write. I guess that I'm supposed to feel bad that I haven't yet seen the light...
...death row is full of inmates who have not. How much doubt can the criminal justice system withstand? "The events of the past three days demonstrate that even in Mr. McVeigh's case, the government is not capable of carrying out the death penalty in a fair and just manner," said McVeigh lawyer Robert Nigh...
That faith isn't shared by the loyal opposition. Democratic Senator Byron Dorgan of North Dakota, an Energy Committee member, says, "I don't think the marketplace is working in a manner that gives consumers the assurance that they're not being manipulated. If you wait for the market to right itself, we'll be waiting for a long while before prices fall back into some reasonable line...
...illness may help explain why some kids snap when faced with the usual torments of adolescence and others don't. Of course, some kids consider their vexations extraordinary. Carneal, who at the time of his crime was a freshman who got picked on for his small stature and quiet manner, told a psychiatrist that he felt going to prison would be better than continuing to endure the bullying in school...
...townies looking for social revenge. There were rocks in the snowballs, often. Adams "felt his courage much depressed by seeing one of his trustiest leaders, Henry Higginson - "Bully Hig," his school name - struck by a stone over the eye, and led off the field bleeding in a rather ghastly manner...