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...assuming you're really going to keep your mouth shut on this subject?" HENRY KISSINGER, U.S. Secretary of State under Gerald Ford, talking to his staff in 1975 about the U.S. government's prior knowledge of Indonesia's plan to invade East Timor that December, according to newly declassified memos...
...Islam." And sometimes the conflicts turn ugly. The town's rebirth extends to the culinary arts: Ramallah has 20 top-class restaurants, all better than anything else in the West Bank or Gaza, including five that have opened just in the last six months. But restaurateurs can't always shut out politics. Darna is a popular, traditional Middle Eastern eatery, where bow-tied waiters serve loyal customers, including top Palestinian Authority officials. Last April, local gunmen who wanted to show their discontent with the government charged into the restaurant during a busy dinner period. As diners fled, the gunmen shot...
Essayist Pamela Paul discussed the ongoing debate over the best way to get a baby to sleep [Nov. 28]. My wife and I resorted to Dr. Richard Ferber's "cry it out" technique with our first son so that we could get some well-deserved shut-eye. Our boy was gifted with an operatic set of lungs. On the second or third night, we were watching the clock and gnashing our teeth at our baby's megadecibel wails. Finally we dashed into his room to comfort him and found that one of his legs had become trapped at a painful...
...officer was dispatched to Greenough Hall to a report of a loud alarm clock. The officer arrived and shut off the alarm clock. Dec. 5: 10:31 a.m.—An officer was dispatched to the Andover Library, on 45 Francis Ave., to take a report of a stolen checkbook and a check that was cashed in the amount of $485. 4:42 p.m.—Officers were dispatched to the Kennedy School to a report of an individual causing a disturbance in the building. The officers arrived and located the individual. The individual was run for wants/warrants...
...ECAC) had two important runs snapped at the Bright Hockey Center on Saturday, as it fell 3-0 to No. 3 New Hampshire (12-2-0, 6-1-0 Hockey East). The loss ended a four-game winning streak and marked the first time the Crimson had been shut out in a whopping 141 games...