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...Palestinians gathered around the rigid, pathetic bundles. From time to time, one of the onlookers would shriek in horror, catching sight of the distorted features of a friend or family member. At one point, a woman torn by grief stood over one of the bloated corpses waving a scarf and a handful of personal letters. "Yi, yi, are you my husband?" she screamed. "My God, who will help me? All my sons are gone. My husband is gone. What am I going to do? God-oh, my God!" Those who could recognize their murdered relatives were allowed to carry them...
...royal stables by the Canadian Mounties, was certainly no match for the spirited steeds the President rides in the U.S. With stiff upper lip, a palace aide described the horse as "reasonable." Reagan paused to exchange inane but affable banter with reporters. Queen Elizabeth, wearing a yellow scarf, listened for a while, looking distinctly displeased, then began to ride off. A moment later, Reagan followed. British and American accounts of the royal family's reception for Reagan differed considerably. White House Deputy Chief of Staff Michael Deaver said the Reagans "had a wonderful time. We all did." To some...
Borya is a mechanics student whom I befriended one cold night on the street. He noticed I was shivering and offered me his scarf. Enrolled in an institute of higher learning, he is exempt from military conscription. Nevertheless, he and his fellow students devote a few days each month to studies under the institute's department of war. On these days they wear green uniforms and learn how to repair jeeps and trucks. Like many Russians Borya wanted to know what American life is really like. Are salaries in the government sector lower than those in the private sector...
...cover of this album, released just last holiday season, is a large man with huge sideburns, a grey velvet scarf and an iridescent, silver-and-red smoking jacket that seems to objectify the words "gaudy" and "hideous...
...Harvard plays its best games against Yale. Especially at Yale. Especially when there is no chance to win, supposedly. The gridders may diddle at Dartmouth and dawdle at Brown, but when it comes to the Yale Bowl and some 70,000 fans of both persuasions (the color of the scarf is the give-away), well, things happen that just weren't supposed...