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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...However, Saradjeff's epilepsy and paranoia gradually caught up with him. After several severe attacks, he was hospitalized. When he began to suspect his doctors of poisoning him and took up drinking ink as an antidote, it was decided that he should return to Russia. The poor man eventually died there in a sanatorium...
...already weak Brown secondary took a huge hit last week when tri-captain Azibo Smith was probably lost for the season after re-injuring his knee...
...complex story in question addresses one of the most frequently debated issues of modern times: what drove otherwise reasonable German citizens to embrace and support the Nazi regime of Hitler. Good is a study of the gradual acquiescence of a nation toward the hatred and genocide that took place in '30s Germany, culminating in the Holocaust. It explores this theme on a personal, individual level--through the character of John Halder (Diego Arciniegas), a humanities professor and a fundamentally good man who ultimately dons an S.S. uniform and heads off for his new position at the Auschwitz death camp. Halder...
Edley, for example, worked in the Jimmy Carter White House before becoming a professor at the Harvard Law School in 1981. During his tenure at Harvard, he took time off to work as the national issues director for Michael Dukakis's 1988 presidential campaign...
...took 29 years, but darn it, the Clean Air Act is finally being enforced. This came as some surprise to seven huge electric companies, all of which were slapped with lawsuits Wednesday. The Environmental Protection Agency charges that the companies defied landmark anti-pollution regulations at their 32 coal-burning plants. The Clean Air Act of 1970 allowed existing plants to continue production without undergoing the costly modernization process required to bring them up to speed with new regulations. Companies were permitted to perform only routine maintenance at the plants, and if any major renovations were undertaken, the plants...