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...Hindus in the nearby town of Godhra, she knew what would come next: furious Hindus seeking revenge. And sure enough, her family soon spotted a mob nearing their home. The girl fled with her 5-year-old brother and hid in the home of Hindu neighbors. From the neighbors' roof, she saw her parents and her two elder brothers beaten, doused with gasoline and burned alive. Her four sisters, she says, were stripped, raped and killed...
...fell upon them. "They were people I knew," she says, "people who lived near us." She and her brother were tossed to the ground and set on fire. She got loose, grabbed her brother and, her clothes still burning, tried to scale a wall to escape to the roof. Then her brother's hand slipped from hers. From atop the wall, she saw the crowd ignite him again. He died in flames...
...Dave, what's all this about a possible move to ABC, presumably to take Koppel's long-held time slot? When reports leaked out that ABC was negotiating with Letterman, whose CBS contract expires in six months, disgruntled ABC News staffers (are there any other kind?) hit the roof. Nightline's ratings have been sagging, and ABC is under pressure from corporate parent Disney to boost its profits. But top news execs were miffed that they hadn't been told about the possible booting of the widely respected Nightline. Both Koppel and Letterman were keeping quiet, but watch Dave...
Mama San sighs. Conveniently ignoring her silver Mercedes parked outside, she says she makes nothing from prostitution. She is in it because she cares. She takes the girls in, puts a roof over their heads. "What can I do? Somebody has to protect them." Her conscience will not let the two girls go for anything less than 41,500 baht...
...social studies concentration, one wonders how a synthesis of all aspects of the human experience could be achieved, as well as whether it is feasible within four short undergraduate years. Would such a concentration truly integrate and synthesize, or would it merely associate disparate elements under one roof? Would students gain sufficient command of any one approach when they are expected to master them...