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They had tried to break him down, switching tactics midway through the siege. At first they were respectful. That approach got 37 people out, including 21 children, before it stopped working. Then their tone switched to disdain, even mockery, and the harassment campaign of lights and noises began. "It was not there just to irritate them and make their lives miserable," said agent Byron Sage. "It was to keep them on guard, to keep them so they weren't at a fine-honed edge...
After Dartmouth scored once, seven minutes into the game, Harvard rattled off another five consecutive goals to take a commanding 8-1 lead midway into the first half...
...those who still don't care who killed Roger Ackroyd, all murder mysteries look pretty much the same. A corpse is uncovered early. Midway through, a prime suspect emerges, only to develop an unshakable (or is it?) alibi. At the climax, a recklessly brave detective confronts the cunning culprit and somehow elicits a confession. Any detours along this well-traveled route are apt to involve the jiggery-pokery of disguises, coincidences and undisclosed facts. To aficionados, however, the mystery is not one genre but many, and similarities of plot are far outweighed by differences of setting, texture and world view...
...Midway through Baird presented a collage of devices used for dangerous illegal abortions, including hangers and Lysol douches...
...Midway into the 1993 season, the Crimson's average has dropped by an astounding 82 points, to .235. This weekend, the top four spots in the Crimson's batting order went 17-for-47 (.362) but the rest of the line-up hit a measly...