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...situation is not likely to improve in the near future. The FAO warns that "unfavorable crop conditions" now prevail in almost every nation in East Africa and that without massive infusions of outside aid, several million East Africans may starve; thousands are dying every day. Says Robert Kitchen, a United Nations official in Nairobi: "From the Red Sea south, this area is on a collision course with disaster...
Despite his best efforts, which included a book detailing the grisly conditions at Tucker and Cummins, and appearances on the Dick Cavett show, Murton could not prevail upon Arkansas state authorities to investigate the murders, despite the existence of an unlimited statute of limitations on murder. Only in 1970 was Murton vindicated when the Supreme Court ruled that confinement in Arkansas prisons was cruel and unusual punishment and therefore unconstitutional...
This Keeps up all day. Images of the Movie prevail during her visit and she admits that it still haunts her career. She is stunned that Harvard students still show the film as a freshman week tradition. "I haven't seen it in ten years. It's so far from my reality now," she says. "I just don't take it seriously anymore, though, let's face it, it changed my career." But as much as McGraw breathlessly exonerates herself from the movie, Jenny Cavilleri is grafted onto her. She knows this. Yet she can't understand why people...
Images of 'Love Story' prevail during her visit, and she admits it still haunts her career. It's the voice. Very earnest...
What he can do is persist and prevail over most obstacles. When he thinks he is right, he is as stubborn as Chewbacca. When Luke doubts that he can raise his spaceship from the swamp, Yoda stamps his foot. "So sure are you?" he demands. "Tried have you? Always with you it can't be done. Hear you nothing that I say? Try not. Do! Do! Or do not. There is no try." Remembering Lucas' childhood, his father, George Lucas Sr., recalls a blank stare when he tried to persuade his son to do something...