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...asked them who owned the subway station,"Kerby said later. "God, I could have sworn thetaxpayers owned...
Investigation of the alleged crime has sometimes evoked scenes from The Three Faces of Eve. During a one-day pretrial hearing, three of Sarah's 21 personalities were sworn in separately. In each instance, she closed her eyes, paused, then opened them to speak and act as different people. At one point, Sarah was given a glass of water by the judge. Later another personality did not remember having taken the drink...
...disregard by the prince's staff for the basic principles of human rights. It is the willingness of American police officers to sell their services for lengthy hotel stays and disregard the protection of citizens and students. We believe that the Cambridge Police Department has failed to uphold its sworn duty to enforce the law, and that its officers have lied by denying that they witnessed an assualt that they had watched from a distance of 10 feet...
...refused to accept blood donations from any outsiders, Tehran asked for food, water tanks, electric generators and medical supplies, including blood plasma. The world responded immediately. Japan pledged relief funds and goods worth more than $1.5 million. Britain dispatched two planeloads of medicine, clothing and food. Even Iran's sworn enemy, President Saddam Hussein of Iraq, offered condolences and support...
...United Nations has estimated that 200,000 children under the age of 15 are bearing arms around the world. The Salvadoran army has forcibly conscripted boys not yet 18, while soldiers as young as 13 have sworn allegiance to Ethiopian leader Mengistu Haile Mariam. But most child warriors belong to rebel groups, where how much they fight depends on how desperately their services are needed. The mujahedin of Afghanistan have boys as young as + nine battling Kabul. In Burma twelve-year-olds are recruited by the Karen rebels to defend their jungle territory. In El Salvador the F.M.L.N...