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Mass murderer or victim of mistaken identity? That question swirled about John Demjanjuk last week as the retired Cleveland auto mechanic was indicted in Jerusalem. Demjanjuk, 66, accused of being "Ivan the Terrible," murderer of more than 800,000 people at the World War II Treblinka death camp in Poland, denies having been there. He is being held in the prison where Nazi War Criminal Adolf Eichmann was hanged...
...since when has leadership been the sole guage of interest? The fact that I never have been mistaken for William Faulkner doesn't mean that I want to attend the dinner for Harvard writers any less than the editor of Padan Aram. And while it is true that most student leaders are talented, dedicated and hard-working, many could be described with less flattering adjectives. How about aggressive, competitive and single-minded...
...show up get to sit on folding chairs from the Methodist and Lutheran churches; the tardy in the audience must make do with the staircase and the floor. After the music the party moves into the kitchen for refreshments, and some heretofore taciturn Montanans refresh themselves into the mistaken belief that they have gifted tonsils, but this is putting the cart before the horse...
...over one hill, then another, as the Rebs staggered and dropped. The Federal's horse-drawn artillery batteries, seasoned regular Army units, were ordered to hold their fire, when a regiment of Brigadier General Thomas ("Stonewall") Jackson's Southerners, dressed in blue at this stage of the war, were mistaken for friendly forces. Cannons boomed, muskets cracked, horses reared in the dust. Confused and frightened soldiers stumbled through the swirl of smoke. Then, along the Sudley Springs Road, near Henry House, came Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston's fresh troops, who had just arrived from Manassas. The Northern advance faltered...
...fact, Juror Miriam Sanchez was so confused by the instructions that she reportedly told news people after the verdict that she had wanted an award of $300 million but had agreed to $1 because she believed Judge Leisure could amend it upward to a proper sum. She was mistaken: though judges often lower damages if they are not warranted by the evidence, they cannot increase them...