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Exactly 230 years later, as paratroopers descended on the Common and a helicopter hovered overhead, veterans and dignitaries, including Undersecretary of the Army Raymond F. DuBois and Cambridge mayor Michael A. Sullivan, delivered celebratory speeches...
...democratic "free societies." Sharansky implied that the latter are more tolerable, but the distinction is meaningless to the victims. When asked about Israel's abuses of Palestinians' human rights, Sharansky accused Amnesty International of ignoring violations by terrorist organizations. Well, two wrongs don't make a right. Raymond Totah Fallbrook, California...
Released two days later, the letter stated that Brittan had told British Aerospace's chief executive officer, Sir Raymond Lygo, that his company's involvement in the Euro-consortium "was not in the national interest" and that he "should withdraw." The account seemed to belie Thatcher's claim of neutrality. The government simultaneously released its own description of the Jan. 8 meeting. According to notes taken by Brittan's secretary, the Minister had said only that "it was not in the national interest that the present uncertainty involving Westland should drag...
...Diego, 51-10. That was the year Chicago last claimed the National Football League championship. Though a lopsided score is conceivable again, the Bears would be wise not to dismiss Patriot Tackle Brian Holloway's contention, "We have some magic." No one could mistake its source: Coach Raymond Berry, 52. Capping his first full season on the job, the legendary Baltimore Colt pass catcher was hoisted jubilantly aboard his players' shoulders and given an extended ride about the stadium such as no pro and few college coaches or even matadors have ever enjoyed. "They did carry me off the field...
These eleven tales blend the domestic pity of Raymond Carver with the macabre comedy and rough justice of Roald Dahl. They nearly all turn, as most of Rendell's novels do, on two inward-looking impulses: revenge and the desire to hide. The characters are conventional middle-class Britons. Their behavior, however, is high gothic. The ironic Loopy, for example, becomes increasingly credible as events move toward the horrific. A middle-aged man, cast as the wolf in a Red Riding Hood playlet, discovers that he likes to wear a furry skin and romp in predatory games. His mother...