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...deaths of insects and worms, their bodies so quickly absorbed by earth and weeds and road tar, devilishly strive to tell Ahmad that his own death will be just as small and final. Walking to school, he has noticed a sign, a spiral traced on the pavement in luminous ichor, angelic slime from the body of some low creature, a worm or snail of which only this trace remains. Where was the creature going, its path spiralling inward to no purpose? If it was seeking to remove itself from the hot sidewalk that was roasting it to death...
...little farther to the east. The sniper is moving, hunting them. Minutes pass with no more firing. But Tasayco is uneasy. The order comes over the radio to move back to base. "Be careful, we're gonna get hit," a Marine says as the men drop to the pavement. It's only 150 yards back to the Government Center, but every inch is hard won. Lance Corporal Phillip Tussey pauses on the edge of a small alley. With another Marine covering him, he makes a dash to cross the five yards of open ground. He doesn't get more than...
...shuttle bus driver and an undergraduate were involved in a brawl on the pavement in front of Currier House Saturday evening, witnesses said, in what has led to a Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) investigation which, as of yesterday, had not resulted in any arrests. “Officers determined that there was an altercation between a shuttle bus driver and a student over the driver refusing the student’s entry to the bus,” HUPD spokesman Steven G. Catalano wrote in an e-mail. “Officers determined that two different persons were assaulted...
...sunrise Tuesday, patches of blood, shattered glass and eyeglasses and shoes that belonged to victims still covered the pavement. Despite the wreckage and high toll, however, the blasts were less powerful than the explosions in Taba and Sharm el Sheikh, which ripped off front portions of major hotels...
...many property developers, it's a moo. In Orange County, Fla., investors are saving more than $7 million each year by claiming that plots being converted into shopping malls and subdivisions are farmland and qualify for property-tax breaks. Farther south, near Fort Lauderdale, "we have cows walking over pavement and grazing outside hotels," says Broward County appraiser Lori Parrish. She points to a Courtyard by Marriott, where some 40 head of cattle had cut yearly taxes on the 18-acre plot to $618.94 before the hotel opened. The herd did not check out when the Courtyard started welcoming guests...