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...glare of the spotlight that contributed to Faulkner's demise. As Robert Black, who served as a lawyer for Faulkner, puts it, "Shannon always, always wanted to please the Citadel. But in order to get into the school, she had to go to court. It was a cruel situation." Seventeen-year-old Kim Messer's father is an Army veteran, and her elder brother attended the Citadel before leaving for medical reasons. Her passion for things military is already intense: in high school in Clover, South Carolina, she became the group commander for the Air Force Junior ROTC, helped organize...
...Oklahoma City bombing, the Unabomber seemed to need to make it clear that those guys were amateurs and he was the pro. Somehow he needed to bring himself back onstage, to get credit for his masterpieces, and for his ability to elude a manhunt for so long. Seventeen years, and he hadn't been caught. Within five days, another deadly package was in the mail, this time to the president of the California Forestry Association--and the bomber immediately made it clear he was getting...
DETROIT: In a blow to organized crime today, Federal agents arrested the boss and leaders of the Detroit Mafia. Seventeen people were indicted on 25 different charges alleging 30 years of murder plots, extortion and racketeering. The indictments came after a long government effort to "drive a stake through the heart" of the mob, following similar arrests in Boston, New Orleans, Chicago, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Newark, N.J. and New York City. The alleged Mafia boss, Jack Tocco, was arrested this morning in Boca Raton, Fla. along with his brother Anthony and reputed second in command, Anthony Zerilli. "Here in Detroit...
...restructuring of the conductors generated some controversy among students and alumni last year when Taylor resigned after seventeen years of service...
...between that part of the brain that stores miracle grapefruit diets and the part that remembers Valentine's Day, there is still a discernible trend. Its name is Steve Forbes. And what settles into the distracted consciousness is something like this: Forbes. Not from Washington. Good. Flat tax? Hmmm. Seventeen percent tax rate? Hmmm...