Word: recounting
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...enforcement establishment. Gabriel overflows with stories of gunrunning, bribery, violence and death, much of it perpetrated by his old agency. Information provided by him has put U.S. investigators on the trail of major trafficking organizations abetted by corrupt Mexican officials. He recently met with TIME Correspondent Elaine Shannon to recount some of his adventures. "I was privileged to share in a lot of dirty laundry," he said...
...story is one of many that University denizens recount about Cambridge's new mayor, who began his fourth term last week. Along with a long record of proposing serious legislation, Vellucci is known far and wide for his cheerful zest in thwarting Harvard...
Shilts says he interviewed more than 900 people. He lists dates for eleven interviews with Dr. James Curran, head of the CDC's AIDS program. The most poignant passages recount the first stirrings, before doctors knew there was such a disease. Shilts suggests that the first non-African victim may have been Margrethe Rask, a Danish physician who fell ill in 1976 while working in a primitive village hospital in Zaire and died of AIDS-related pneumonia in 1977. At about the time Rask succumbed, Shilts began interviewing physicians about the health implications of the gay sexual revolution. Often...
...addition, Schacter has charged another member of the commission with miscounting the ballots to award Byrne-Jimenez a seat on the council. A recount revealed that Byrne-Jiminez placed eighth rather than third, as originally claimed. Two weeks after the elections, the commission member resigned...
...municipal officials were indicted for misconduct. Groused former Mayor Hank March: "We've been putting up with mismanagement and ineptitude for 16 years." As Crystal Beach braces for the tumult of its annual Crab Festival this weekend, the battle continues. A petition has been filed demanding a recount of the vote, and Mayor-sort-of- elect Kelsey promises a lawsuit over 50 alleged election irregularities. Anarchy has not yet descended, but there are grounds for concern. One night last week a young motorcyclist roared down city streets. "You can't do anything to me, man," the motorcyclist taunted the local...