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...spectacle of surprise witnesses, new details of blood and fibers, a testy Ito and lawyers positively sputtering with outrage. Who could have predicted that among those holding press conferences would be doctors from the California Medical Center, reporting on the condition of deputy district attorney William Hodgman, who was stricken with chest pains at the end of Day Two? Hodgman, ordinarily mild-mannered, got so upset in court that Ito said, ``How do you suggest I deal with the objections of the prosecution after I succeed in peeling them off the ceiling?'' Ito added, ``I have known [Mr. Hodgman...
...assistance from 60 countries, the U.N. and the World Health Organization poured in, but some were subjectedto endless bureaucratic wrangling. Examples: foreign doctors were rebuffed at first because they did not have Japanese licenses; Swiss sniffer dogs were threatened with quarantine by the Agriculture Ministry. Conditions in the stricken port city, however, are improving, with 18,600 emergency housing units under way, thousands of workmen busily laying new telephone and electric cables and, most cheering of all, the reopening of Kobe's schools. Middle East: Another Bombing A Palestinian suicide bombing in the heart of Israel took the lives...
...BAJA: Preying on Victims Colombians are heartsick over the plight of nine-year-old Erika Delgado, the sole survivor of a plane crash that took the lives of 51 people, including her mother, father and younger brother, outside Cartagena on Jan. 11. Suffering from fractures and pneumonia, the grief-stricken child has begun to recall the painful details of the accident. Probably pushed from the plane by her mother after it struck the ground and split apart, she landed in a bed of algae and water lilies. Then, according to Erika, someone approached, ignored her cries for help but ripped...
...emergency crews fortified sandbag barriers and shoveled away muck in flood-stricken California, President Clinton appeared live on TV to assure victims that federal help was on the way. At least six deaths have been blamed on storms along the West Coast. By last night, Clinton had certified 24 California counties north of San Francisco and near Los Angeles as disaster areas. He will visit the scene in the politically important state early next week, on a trip originally planned to mark the first anniversary of the Northridge earthquake. While storms abated throughout the state today, forecasters predicted more rain...
...sophomore year, I was stricken with a very bad stomach virus, not unlike the one that recently plagued the Freshman Union. I was unable to stand, could not stop vomiting and was running a fever. It was the beginning of a long weekend, and I called the UHS urgent care clinic. I was escorted by car to UHS, where I was examined and admitted with comfort and efficiency. I spent two nights in the Stillman infirmary hooked up to an intravenous unit. My doctor came to check on me every day that weekend, explained what I had and told...