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...Kojan's kitchen lintel is decorated with a radiant succubus motif, and when I ask the legend behind it - in which a hunter is seduced and eaten by a beautiful spirit - Calvin perks up; he has never heard it either. Later, at a nearby Sekapan longhouse, 35-year-old Stephen George proudly shows me an ironwood dugout that can fit 93 rowers. But he only reluctantly shows me his favorite tattoo - a Chinese dragon on an inner thigh, where you'd expect an ancient tribal design...
...controlling Sierra Leone's Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebels, who rampaged across the country during its brutal 1991-2001 civil war. Prosecutors allege that Taylor targeted Sierra Leone so he could strip it of its vast mineral wealth, in particular its diamonds. Earlier in the trial, chief prosecutor Stephen Rapp insisted that Taylor was "an exceptional violator of human rights" who steadily provided weapons and support to the RUF in exchange for blood diamonds. Witnesses testified about arms smuggled from Liberia to Sierra Leone in sacks of rice and diamonds sent back in a mayonnaise jar. But Taylor rebutted...
...point, you were living out of your car. How did you remain confident that you would be able to retire rich? Stephen San Roman LAREDO, TEXAS...
...tragic flaw was that Robert McNamara was someone who was incapable of imagining that he could be wrong. The mistakes in Vietnam were mistakes of arrogance and addiction to power," said Stephen M. Walt, a Kennedy School professor who added that he was "certainly no admirer of [McNamara...
...Stephen Zedros, manager of Brattle Street Florists, said that he has noticed slower foot traffic and sales over the course of the year, and that the tax increase would not help the situation. Cassie Freer, a manager at ice cream shop J.P Licks, said that she was not aware of the tax increase but thought that it would be "terrible," especially since she feels that customers already see their prices as high...