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...discipline or distemper. At their best they have a sense of honor and a fear of their bosses that would do credit to the medieval church. At their worst they play their sick whims on the weak, and when the sport grows tiresome, they rat on their friends or slit a few throats. They are gangsters, hit men, wise guys -- good fellas, in the parlance of dapper don John Gotti and wizard filmmaker Martin Scorsese...
...Democrats had reneged on the bargain. But Gephardt told Bush at a White House meeting Tuesday that not only had there never been a deal but that Darman had not presented a full proposal either. As Panetta said later, "We did not pledge that every time the Republicans slit their wrists we would slit ours...
...case, a 30-year-old woman with chest pains died after waiting 5 1/2 hours for a chest X ray; she was never given oxygen or an EKG. At Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center, an 18-year-old woman who needed a tracheotomy had her throat inadvertently slit and both jugular veins cut by the hospital's trauma doctors. Despite massive bleeding, she managed to recover...
Touches and kisses abound. Fairies glide through the audience strewing prophylactics. And Oberon sports black stockings and a jacket woven with the latex of condoms and a slit rubber glove...
...consent). The Boston Globe printed the man's name, apparently with no regard for the privacy or safety of his wife and four daughters. Within two days of the arrest and Globe story, the man was found dead in his garage with his car motor running and his wrists slit. The man's guilt was never established. By publishing names, the Crimson is inviting a tragedy...