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...anything, Kennedy has created a foundation for further discussion of the word. One student asked Kennedy to respond to accusations that his book’s title was a “sensationalist marketing” scheme, a ploy to garner attention. Kennedy “plead guilty” to the charge that he had chosen a title that would draw readers to the book’s controversial content. But it is important to remember that however unpleasant the word may ring in one’s ears, or however shocking it may appear on the cover...
...least two armored humvees. Local Afghans said that when the Americans burst into the school, they found Afghan fighters sleeping and began spraying the beds with gunfire. A guard named Hamdullah, who evaded the attack by hiding in a ditch, told TIME he heard men inside the school plead, "For the love of Allah, do not kill us. We surrender." According to villagers, the Americans shot most of their victims at close range. After two hours, the commandos choppered out; an AC-130 gunship hovering overhead then incinerated the school and several former Taliban vehicles with howitzer cannons and machine...
Standing side-by-side before the court, both plead “not guilty” to charges of stealing close to $100,000 from the Hasty Pudding Theatricals during a period of more than a year...
...judge agreed and ordered Pomey and Gomes to return for a pre-trial conference on March 28, at which each defendant must either plead guilty and receive a sentence or renew their not guilty plea and go on to trial...
...where he cowered for ten minutes, listening as his friends were shot. "I could hear them crying, 'Allah help me,' " he says, "They were saying, 'For the love of Allah do not kill us.' " According to one translation of Hamdullah's account, he claims to have heard the men plead, "We surrender...