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Notwithstanding the tear gas and bean-bag-like projectiles, I am not amazed by the actions in Roby, Ill., where state troopers have Shirley Allen under siege [AMERICAN SCENE, Oct. 27] for resisting a court-ordered psychiatric evaluation. It seems there is no right to privacy or constitutional safeguard when others decide you are not conforming to an accepted method of living. Hence we have the rule of the masses in the guise of what is right and moral. When there is no longer room in a society for individuality or eccentricity, then we shall lose our greatest resource. EUGENE...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 17, 1997 | 11/17/1997 | See Source »

...town of Roby is a strangely idyllic place for a siege. Nevertheless, as acres of corn and soybean have been undulating in the fall breeze, and as birch, maple and oak have been turning their autumnal colors, Shirley Allen, 51, has been facing down the law for the past month. On Sept. 22, Christian County sheriff's deputies knocked on the door of her two-bedroom farmhouse to serve her with a court order for psychiatric evaluation. She met them with a 12-gauge bolt-action shotgun. They backed off and set up the siege...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STANDOFF AT ROBY RIDGE | 10/27/1997 | See Source »

...Shirley K. Hung '00 said she found the message hilarious--funny enough to forward to many of her friends...

Author: By Benjamin E. Berkman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Winthrop Masters Assail Alcoholic Fete | 10/8/1997 | See Source »

CURRIER (33%)1. Lanhee J. Chen '992. June Yoshinari '983. Shirley Lisa Sadioglu '994. Adam S. Vaina '975. Christa M. Franklin...

Author: By Caitlin E. Anderson and Barbara E. Martinez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: More Minorities Elected to New Student Council | 9/29/1997 | See Source »

...smelled the strongest in the tunnel going to the dining hall," said Adams resident Shirley Park...

Author: By Marc J. Ambinder, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Adams Crews Repair Burst Sewage Pipe | 9/23/1997 | See Source »

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