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Once, after reading in a magazine that she was "the world's most mysterious woman," Agatha Christie complained to her agent: "What do they suggest I am? A Bank Robber or a Bank Robber's wife? I'm an ordinary successful hard-working author--like any other author." Her success was not exactly ordinary. She produced nearly 90 novels and collections of stories in a lifetime that spanned 85 years. One of her plays, The Mousetrap, opened in London in 1952 and is still running...
Does that mean we can't do business with him? Of course not. But it will be like doing business with the American robber barons of the 19th century. Gorbachev is not going to be a fastball pitcher. He'll throw curves, knuckleballs and spitters if he can get away with them. Of course, Ronald Reagan has played a pitcher too, in that movie The Winning Team, and he's also a very shrewd political leader. So you've got two pretty good pitchers going against each other. The question is Which side...
...unidentified robber took a down jacket and a canvas shoulder bag from the west lobby at Loeb Drama Center between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. Tuesday. The bag contained various identifications and credit cards. Total value is estimated at $250. Police have no suspects in the case...
...Kansas City couple, Thomas Hill, 76, and his wife Lillian, 72, were surprised by an intruder in their home. Thomas picked up a pistol off a table and fired. The intruder grabbed the gun. Thomas pulled a second pistol out of his pocket and tried six shots. The robber seized that gun too. Lillian emerged from the kitchen and squeezed off three more shots. Not one bullet hit the invader, who escaped with all three guns. As he fled, he avoided three more rifle shots from a neighbor...
Faced with the same dilemma, some states are choosing to keep prisoners convicted of violent crimes imprisoned, while releasing those involved in theft or financial skulduggery. However expedient, that practice has some inequities. The convicted embezzler of millions might be set free, for example, while a small-time robber would stay behind bars...