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...Returning, along with a journalist and photographer, to the prison where she spent most of 1991, Nouman quickly draws a crowd of curious onlookers from the neighboring houses. She confronts them angrily: "When I was tortured here and screamed for help, did you not hear me?" The crowd remains mute...
...commanders failed to notice antiterror police ringing the building. When he arrived on the second floor, he recognized his captors and gave up without a fight. According to investigators, battle-hardened paramilitaries and criminals known for their silence under duress - one of the charged was known simply as the Mute - began to talk. The inducement: a mistaken impression of what was involved in becoming a protected witness. "This was a new concept for them," says Milic. They thought that they would be absolved of responsiblity for any crimes they had committed. "It became a competition," Milic says...
...these advertisements in hundreds of cabs. While having Isaac Hayes ask me to be concerned with my safety can be considered annoying, it is not nearly as frustrating as being urged to visit a trendy downtown bistro when I’m on my way to the dentist. Mute buttons on the screens can cut the noise, but having cute announcers bouncing around my knees during the ride is not as enjoyable as it might sound...
...wounded saying "Hi, Mom" and tearful families waiting for word. There are photographs of rubble and of bloodstains that could easily be mistaken for spilled wine. But there is none of the horror, none of the unimaginable sights--bodies torn apart, limbs flying--that cause combat veterans to go mute when asked about their experiences. The coverage of this war is as close to the truth of this war as reality TV is to real life. At a moment like this, the media should be an irritant--shocking us, shaking us, making sure that we're as alert and uncomfortable...
...fluttered with his hand, announced, "President John F. Kennedy died at approximately 1 o'clock Central Standard Time today, here in Dallas." I remember wondering how anything as exuberant as the Kennedy Administration could end in such a simple sentence. Around the corner in his makeshift office, Kilduff sat mute, weeping. "Can you tell me anything more?" I asked as gently as I knew how. He tossed the announcement paper at me, then he whispered, "Oh, that man's head. Oh, his head...