Word: neighborly
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...with men, 12 of them, bunched in rows of three, a tangle of outstretched arms all holding revolvers. As they opened fire, recalled one executioner, "they were so close to each other that whoever was standing in front got a burn on his wrist from the shots of his neighbor behind." Smoke, screams and blood engulfed the tiny space as bullets flew around, some ricocheting weirdly off the women, who were later found to be wearing jewels sewn into their corsets. And still some lived. They were bludgeoned with rifle butts and bayoneted until the moaning ceased...
...author went to Columbia for an M.F.A. degree in writing. He has taught writing at several colleges, most recently at Harvard. He lives with a friend in a leafy backwater just north of Harvard Square. Mystery writer Robert Parker is a neighbor. McCauley radiates satisfaction with his life. To listen to him is to recall his book and a passage in which someone describes a 19th century novel "as if the author and most of the characters were close friends." As surely as Victorians did, McCauley has tapped into that source...
Last week the sidewalk in front of Puzic's apartment building at Ise Jovanovic 21 was still stained brown with the dried blood of a neighbor mortally wounded by a sniper in broad daylight two days earlier. Shrapnel burst through the bedroom window of Puzic's 12-year-old son Damir and ripped the carpet. On the ground floor, Sandra Makcic's bedroom was gutted by a shell a month ago, minutes after she left it. Said Ramisa Trtak, 70, who moved into the building after her house in an outlying quarter was obliterated: "During the World War they aimed...
...thought that self-determination might be the wave of the future makes leaders of the established powers shudder. To them, it threatens instability on a horrendous scale. Secessions often have touched off savage neighbor-vs.- neighbor wars, like those in Moldova; in Georgia, where South Ossetians have been fighting to break away and join ethnic brethren across the border in Russia; and of course in Yugoslavia and in the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, caught in a violent tug-of-war between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Even peaceful secessions could spawn a slew of mininations, unable to support themselves economically and dependent...
...think Hurlbut, despite all its superficial flaws, was the key to the success. First, not living in a "party" atmosphere has decided advantages. I never had the discomfort of asking a rowdy neighbor to shut up at 3 a.m., and living three people to a room meant that I never had to listen to the squeaking bedsprings of a roommate in love. No beer puddles on the floor outside my bedroom, no vomit in the bathroom. I got really good grades that year...