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...criminal justice have found Hook unchanged; he has long advocated the rights of the victim: "When we read that a man whose speeding car had been stopped by a motorcycle policeman, who without a search warrant forced him to open his trunk that contained ... corpses ... walks out of court scot-free because the evidence is ruled inadmissible-we can only conclude that...
...share of portfolios went to Mugabe's own Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU), which won a sweeping majority in last month's parliamentary elections. But in keeping with his postelection pledge of "reconciliation," Mugabe also included two prominent whites. David Smith, 58, a plain-spoken Scot who was Rhodesia's Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister under Ian Smith, was given the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. Denis Norman, 49, leader of the country's 5,300 commercial white farmers, will take over the Ministry of Agriculture...
...interesting that one of the leading figures in the recent escape of the six Americans from Iran [Feb. 11] is Canada's Secretary for External Affairs, Flora MacDonald. That is the same name as that Highland Scot who assisted Bonnie Prince Charlie in his escape from the clutches of the English after his aborted rebellion...
That was as old as anyone should be, concluded Barrie. "Nothing that happens after we are twelve matters very much," added the little Scot, whose body cooperated by arresting its growth at 5 ft. But the adult world mattered when, after graduation from Edinburgh University, he was expected to prepare for a solid job and search for a mate. The first prospect filled him with gloom, the latter with dread. He wrote in his notebook: "Great-est horror-dream I am married-wake up shrieking...
...soldierly, scholarly Scot will lead the world's Anglicans...