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Gerolimatos said she is fatigued from the ordeal and will be taking a sick day today...
...moral imperative of gaining Yang’s liberty is self-evident. But as Fu’s remark subtly underscores, his case is larger than one brave man’s ordeal in a PRC dungeon. It involves the value of American citizenship and permanent residency—or, more precisely, the degree to which the State Department defends citizens and U.S. nationals from injustice, harassment and arbitrary detention abroad...
...several members of the well-heeled Porcellian, which does not allow visitors at all, have complained of the challenges of working around their club’s restrictive guest policies. “The limited dating pool makes planning for club formals such an ordeal,” says Porc member Julian I. Baumgarden ’05. “I mean, I have to get a new tweed coat and oxfords for every event and there isn’t a soul in here who hasn’t tried...
...Gregoli says that in 15 years, she has never seen so many cancellations as in the past year--many of them far into the engagement. "Nobody wants to settle," she says. "Women who marry today are older, more educated and more self-sufficient. They would rather go through the ordeal of canceling a wedding than make what could be a huge mistake...
...blood poured down my arms," Jing testified during his trial. By the time of his release last January, the cab driver had spent more than a year on death row and hadn't seen his family in 518 days. He received just $4,000 in compensation for his ordeal?less than he would have earned driving his cab. Two cops who set him up have been sentenced to four and five years in jail, but Jing remains in debt and is still waiting for his car, seized during the arrest, to be returned. "The cops ruined me only because...