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Several students clutching red and blue “Romney for Governor” signs stand sentinel over the intersection, and the Democrats are nowhere to be found...
CHARGED. Ten Milwaukee youths, the youngest age 10, with reckless homicide after beating a 36-year-old man to death with bats, bricks, broomsticks and chairs; in Milwaukee, Wis. The incident, which started with an altercation over a tossed egg, jolted the city and prompted the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel to urge local leaders to "do more than wring their hands...
Throughout the day yesterday, volunteers and family members stood sentinel at the site, reading obituaries of those lost in the attacks from a compilation published by The New York Times...
...Israeli assault for which they wait. At 1 a.m., three gunmen twitch their fingers on their Kalashnikov triggers at the first sight of headlights along the dirt road at the edge of the camp. It is from there that Israel's tanks last came, killing 17 gunmen who stood sentinel that night, and the tanks will surely come again. Abu al-Fahed stands back as his two comrades question the driver of an old white Renault, in case he is an undercover Israeli. From his accent, they conclude he is Palestinian and let him pass...
...historical personages who died violently, victims of unjust crimes. If ignored or abused, they can cause serious mishap, but if correctly propitiated they can be persuaded to grant great favors. The place to appease them is an extinct volcano called Mount Popa, at the foot of which a stone sentinel stands guard. A massive pillar of rock riddled with meditation cells and capped with pale green and gold temples, the 737-m-high Popa Daung Kalat, or Popa Crest, shelters 37 of Burma's most powerful nats...