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...ruled that the managers were guilty of murdering Employee Stefan Golab, who died in 1983 after inhaling poisonous cyanide fumes inside the plant. During the trial, F.R.S. workers testified that their employers had not warned them of cyanide's dangers. In fact, they said, at management's behest some skull-andcrossbones warning symbols had been scraped off cyanide drums. Defense counselors, on the other hand, insisted that their clients, who had worked at the plant themselves, were unaware of the health hazards...
...channel these fears until I began telling stories to my younger sisters. This removed the fear from my soul and transferred it right into theirs. One story was about the old World War II % flier who had been rotting in our closet for 20 years. I took a plastic skull you buy in a model shop and put a flashlight inside so the eyes and face would glow; then I put my dad's World War II aviator cap over the skull and put goggles over the eyeholes. At night, I'd dare them to peek into the closet. They...
...word hate, the class of young Laotians responded that they knew what they hated: blacks. The mutual ignorance spurred violence. Some of the Hmong were threatened in the streets. In a fight between a group of Hmong and several blacks, one Hmong had both his legs broken and his skull fractured. Less schooled in urban survival than the Koreans and Vietnamese, the Hmong began to move away. Says Chuck Moua: "We are trying to be nice and friendly, but we have got into trouble...
...concentration camp in Poland during World War II. Earlier, experts had found that the handwriting on documents discovered in Brazil corresponded to Mengele's, and that photographs found in the Bossert home matched old pictures of the doctor. Most telling of all, an advanced method of matching the reconstructed skull against old photographs convinced the investigators that they had found their man. "I came here not knowing whether it was Mengele," said U.S. expert John Fitzpatrick. "I go home fully convinced that...
...time the record companies give them what they want: Bach Brandenburgs without end, Beethoven symphonies without number. Occasionally, however, a darker side surfaces, and . something different is unearthed: arcana by a famous composer, perhaps, or a new piece by a living artist that seeks to reveal the skull beneath the skin. A trio of recent releases for the adventurous shows the eerie attractions of mood music...