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...crowd of protesters in the square poured into nearby Magheru Boulevard and swelled to thousands. Shouts of "Freedom!" and "Down with Ceausescu!" rang out. Tanks, troops and helicopters herded the marchers into University Square, ringed by the University of Bucharest, the National Theater and the 22-story Intercontinental Hotel. A tank rolled over two demonstrators, and as others ran to help them, they were shot down by automatic-weapons fire. At least 13 were killed, the American embassy reported. The streets did not clear, however, and more people were shot during the night...
Mayflower, whose outdoor sign boasts "Live Poultry, Fresh Killed," may be the most famous place in Boston to purchase live turkeys for Thanksgiving. Yesterday, the shop's front salesroom was packed, telephones rang incessantly and trucks pulled in and out making deliveries...
Schlesinger then sued the brokerage for invasion of privacy in Massachusetts county court and won the case last June (Merrill Lynch is appealing). The judge issued an injunction prohibiting Merrill Lynch from calling Schlesinger, yet barely two months later, a Merrill Lynch broker rang him up. The attorney filed a complaint for contempt of court, and Merrill Lynch was ordered to pay $300. Said a spokesman: "We tried everything to keep Mr. Schlesinger's name off the lists. But we have 12,000 brokers. One of the calls slipped through...
...department stores. While he spun off such acquisitions as Brooks Brothers and Bonwit Teller to pay part of his $11 billion debt, he insisted that his remaining chains could churn out enough cash to make interest payments, finance expansion and yield profits as well. Instead, the cash registers rang slowly as the retailing industry suffered from stagnant consumer spending...
...hours. He stopped residents, pulled a picture of a young woman out of a large manila envelope, and asked if they had seen her around. Eventually he learned her address. On Tuesday morning last week, say police, he waited outside her apartment for nearly four hours. Finally he apparently rang her bell. When she answered the door, he allegedly shot her dead...