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...citizen has been virtually taken hostage in El Salvador--if found guilty in a trial, Casola could face up to 25 years in a Salvadoran prison--a little sympathy, not to say defense, might be appropriate. Instead of this, however, the Bush administration has done everything it can to stack the deck against Casola, and in doing so, has bowed again to the mandates of a repressive government...

Author: By Ghita Schwarz, | Title: The Blindness of Bush | 12/2/1989 | See Source »

During the ensuing five-minute rampage, the intruders set off a fire extinguisher, smashed a turntable, and tipped over a vending machine and a stack of mailboxes, according to a student deejay who was in the studios at the time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Intruders Ransack WHRB | 11/6/1989 | See Source »

Moving a house is a time-consuming affair. The morning that Willie Anderson's home is delivered begins with workers hoisting the house's concrete steps onto a pickup truck while Anderson and her children pile broken bricks and stack cut wood. Clearance for the move requires approval from a slew of bureaucrats, and Walter Malone, 52, a professional house mover who has completed 30 jobs for Sister Grace, still has a few final forms to sign and fees to pay. "The biggest difficulty is the paperwork," he says, pointing to a glove compartment crammed full of documents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canton, Mississippi A New Kind of Moving Day | 10/30/1989 | See Source »

...Miss.). This charming store in a Reconstruction- era building carries a full range of titles and offers tomato-basil pie in a second-floor cafe. Owner Richard Howorth maintains a local flavor with a section devoted to Oxford's best-known citizen, William Faulkner. A small sign above the stack of copies of the 8 1/2-lb. Encyclopedia of Southern Culture reads, $5.98 PER LB. SAME AS CATFISH FILLETS...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Rattling | 10/23/1989 | See Source »

Later Huseynov pulls a stack of photographs from a folder and asks a visitor, "Are you a strong person?" The photos show a male corpse that has been beaten and maimed. Small twigs poke out of sockets that once contained eyes. The body bears a gash from groin to throat, apparently made to kill the victim by disemboweling him. "This was in the village of Masis," says ; Huseynov, referring to a town in central Armenia. "I can show you his death certificate if you want...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union On the Edge of Civil War | 10/23/1989 | See Source »

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