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...last 15 months, Phillip Buck, 69, an evangelical pastor from Seattle, Washington sat in a jail cell in northeastern China his health deteriorating, not knowing when-or even if-he would get out and see his family in the U.S. again. The only thing he knew, he wrote in a letter from the jailhouse earlier this year, is that his cause was just...
...that when she announced her retirement in 1973, Balanchine created a work in her honor, Cortege Hongrois, that remains in the company's repertoire. Blunt, generous and emotional, Hayden, who taught until her death, dazzled in such diverse ballets as the lighthearted Stars and Stripes, with music by John Phillip Sousa, and Illuminations, an allegorical meditation on the life of Rimbaud. DIED. Mike Douglas, 81, ever-polite, even-keeled-and hugely successful-early TV talk-show host, whose 90-minute Mike Douglas Show aired from 1961 to 1982; in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. As a big-band singer, the World...
...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 a couple of steps when a shot rings out. He's cut down mid-stride...
...health resources or perhaps even house these organizations itself, offering students the convenience and simplicity of one-stop shopping. It would serve a similar purpose for career opportunities for women. Following this plan, the women’s center would be an umbrella organization in the mold of the Phillip Brooks House Association and the Harvard Foundation...
...setbacks along the way, Gittes eventually uncovers the truth. But this is the prime of cinematic cynicism; knowing the truth doesn’t allow this very flawed hero to tie up all the loose ends. It’s as if someone set Humphrey Bogart’s Phillip Marlowe loose in the real world...