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Last Thursday authorities paraded five of their six prime suspects -- Abohalima, Bilal Alkaisi, Mohammed Salameh, Nidal Ayyad and Ibrahim Elgabrowny -- into the U.S. District Court building in Manhattan's Foley Square. All five pleaded not guilty to charges related to the bombing. Ayyad, a chemical engineer, said, "I swear on the Koran, my wife, my children and my family and all I hold dear to me that I am not guilty and had nothing to do with this." The denials of the defendants notwithstanding, FBI and police investigators felt they had apprehended the core members of the terrorist conspiracy. Wider...
Kicking the habit is extremely difficult. Some people try, for a variety of reasons ranging from ulcers to existential angst to common sense ("I just know this is going to kill me someday..."), but few succeed. Every time I swear that I will go for a whole day without a Diet Coke or a delicious cafe mocha from Au Bon Pain, I end up convincing myself that, well, one or two cups couldn't hurt, and then it's only a matter of degree to three or four...
...Martha Stewart for her own. But she insists she just offered people a more complete picture of herself as mother, wife and friend, as well as attorney. Chelsea, whom she initially shielded from publicity, was gradually incorporated into the family's public picture postcard. The lifelong friends who swear she is the first person they would call from the police station, and not because she is a lawyer, became available for interviews. When Carolyn Staley, Bill Clinton's childhood friend, had a miscarriage, Hillary, who had had her own troubles with pregnancy, was the one who gave her comfort. Says...
...Wilder (1981), the second Teardrops record, Cope took over sole songwriting duties, with mixed results. The bouncy "Passionate Friend," with its Beach Boys vocals and a trumpet line that sounds, I swear to God, like the theme song from the '70s sitcom "Love, American Style," somehow manages to avoid collapsing under the weight of its production. "The Great Dominions," on the other hand, is pleasantly ethereal but never gains momentum. Think of it as Cope's "Justify My Love...
...began playing duets on the violin and cello. Within minutes, 10 or 15 people from different suites had gathered on their floor to listen to Mozart and Pachelbel. Very excited, more than one of my freshpeople said "Wow, now I know I'm at Harvard." (This really happened. I swear...