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...Warden Hilton Butler nodded slightly to a man known only as "Sam Jones," who stood hidden behind a cinder-block partition. The executioner proceeded to throw a lever and press two black buttons, and the first 2,400-volt surge of current tore through Rault's 6-ft., 228-lb. frame. Two minutes later the power stopped, and at 12:16 Prison Doctor Alfred Gould stepped forward to pronounce Rault dead...
...grenade blasts, which shattered chairs and tore holes in the yellow- green carpet, left District Minister Keerthisiri Abeywickrama dead and ten people injured, including Prime Minister Ranasinghe Premadasa, who was sitting next to Jayewardene. Miraculously, the President escaped unharmed. Still wearing his bloodstained clothes, Jayewardene within hours delivered a nationwide radio address. "We intend to carry on our work," he said, "irrespective of the evil forces ganging up against...
...spends his time supervising the 51 correspondents in the magazine's ten domestic bureaus across the country. This week he had a special concern. White was the driving force behind our reports on the deteriorating conditions faced by inner-city blacks on the 20th anniversary of the riots that tore apart ghettos from Detroit to Newark. "The inner cities burned during that long, hot summer," says White. "But the conditions that sparked the turmoil, rather than improving, have got worse. I'm glad we did these stories, but I'm sorry...
...whose property was damaged in 1985 by Hurricane < Gloria, wanted to move inland, but their federal insurance would not cover the $150,000 cost. It would, however, pay $220,000 for repairs and renovations. The motel stayed put. Then came last winter's New Year's storm, which tore out all 15 of the first-floor units. Says Manager Frances Ricks: "There's a feeling...
...Iranians. The document, said the admiral, depicted the weapons transactions as a straight arms-for-hostages swap with Iran rather than a diplomatic effort to establish contacts with Iranian moderates, as the President has maintained. "I thought it was politically embarrassing," said Poindexter of the finding. "I tore it up, put it in the burn basket behind my desk...