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Because of all the chaos that descended on New Orleans, the acts of heroism often took the form of mini-rebellions against the bureaucracy. Richard Zucschlag, head of Acadian Ambulance, the largest ambulance transport company in southern Louisiana, moved his dispatch center to the outskirts of New Orleans, where it...
But his years as Chief Justice also brimmed with frustrations for Rehnquist. In the 2003-04 term, Rehnquist was on the losing side so many times-on campaign-finance restrictions, which the court upheld; on terrorism detainees, who were granted the right to challenge their designation as "enemy combatants"; and...
Rep. Don Sherwood, who is fighting a civil suit filed by a woman less than half his age with whom he says he had a five-year affair. No criminal charges were filed against Sherwood after his mistress, who is now 29, called 911 and told police Sherwood had tried...
Physicians fear being sued by patients, a well- known fact, but many also worry about being targeted by fellow doctors through the process of peer review. Allegations of poor care or other serious complaints against a doctor go to a panel, consisting mainly of physicians, that decides in secret whether...
We think of poets as private people, souls tending their own gardens. But the founding father of English literature was a man of the world. A diplomat and customs official, Chaucer was captured in battle, sued for debt and indicted for rape--a charge that was apparently dropped. In this...