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PLEADED GUILTY. Melson Bacos, 21, U.S. Navy medic; to kidnapping and conspiracy in the murder of Iraqi civilian Hashim Ibrahim Awad; at Camp Pendleton, Calif. As part of a plea deal--murder and other charges against him were dropped--Bacos testified that he tried to intervene, then watched as two Marines fired 10 rounds into Awad's head after abducting him from his home in the Iraqi town of Hamdania. One of seven Marines charged in the crime, Bacos was first to go to a court-martial...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Oct. 16, 2006 | 10/8/2006 | See Source »

...That is because hate crimes are designed to send the message "We don't want you here." Hate crime laws send back an important message of hope and support to the victim, and a strong message to potential perpetrators that hate-mongering will not be tolerated. JOHN ANTHONY MELSON Bettendorf, Iowa...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hate Crime Laws Appropriate | 10/21/1998 | See Source »

Most of the actors in Nothing On are so temperamental that the audience laughs as Dallas struggles hopelessly to take charge of his company. Sara Melson, who plays Brooke Ashton, who plays bimbo Vicki, stands out as the stereotypical half-brain-dead sexpot actress. Melson's over-exaggerated hand gestures, when she is Vicki, and her overly self-conscious, seductive walk as Brooke are amusing...

Author: By Melanie R. Williams, | Title: And on the Eighth Day, God Took His Valium | 11/17/1989 | See Source »

...suposed to begin when the Hollander family, American tourists who have innocently been taking pictures of Communist missile sites, is chased into the Embassy by Communist police. Mr. Hollander (Orion Ross) is outraged that the Communists have taken "an innocent caterer" from Newark, New Jersey captive; his wife (Sara Melson) spends her time running up the embassy phone bill with constant calls to friends back home; and his daughter (Eliza Rosenbluth) predictably falls in love with the hapless Axel...

Author: By David L. Greene, | Title: Ugly Americans | 12/9/1988 | See Source »

Despite poor direction, Williams' words do manage to shine through some of the characters. Thea Henry is a vibrant Venable, and Jy Murphy dexterous in his minute role as Cathie's brother. And Sara Melson couldn't look more like a Southern woman of Williams' time. Still, Suddenly Last Summer can't end suddenly enough...

Author: By Ross G. Forman, | Title: Shall I Compare Thee... | 10/21/1988 | See Source »

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