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...Jones dating back to Indiana days. The mood of Jonestown grew darker as this day went on, and late in the afternoon the clouds turned black and there was this freakish wind that just tore through the pavilion as I was talking with Jones. Then there was this torrent of rain. He basically said that the Temple was being destroyed from within, and what he meant by that was that these defectors-were going to tell the world eventually what was really going on inside Jonestown, and that the end was drawing near. So it was a very ominous moment...
...Whatever brought the Learjet down, it will be hard for the Mexican government to convince the people that it was an accident, in light of the torrent of attacks on public officials by drug gangs. High-ranking police, prosecutors and judges have been slain across Mexico this year, while assassins have massacred hundreds of rank-and-file police and soldiers. Although cartel hitmen traditionally kill their targets with firearms, they have lately grown increasingly sophisticated and ruthless - drug gangs are alleged to be behind a bomb that exploded in Mexico City in February and grenades that were thrown into...
...their minds: a few days ago, the Icelandic Ministry of Health set up an emergency mental-health center in downtown Reykjavík to help citizens distressed by the nation's economic implosion. Located on the second floor of an old health clinic, it stands ready to treat a torrent of mentally anguished Icelanders. As yet, business has been slow. Dr. Ragnar Ólafsson, one of two full-time psychologists assigned to the clinic, was savoring a sandwich alone in his office at 1:30 p.m. on Oct. 13. "Not many people have come so far," he says...
...even be losing their minds: the Icelandic Ministry of Health has set up an emergency mental-health center in downtown Reykjavík to help citizens distressed by the country's economic implosion. Located on the second floor of an old health clinic, it stands ready to treat a torrent of mentally anguished Icelanders. As yet, business has been slow. Dr. Ragnar Ólafsson, one of two full-time psychologists assigned to the clinic, was savoring a sandwich alone in his office a few days ago. "Not many people have come so far," he says...
...whistling during the anthem was a form of protest, the perpetrators would have awoken disappointed on Wednesday, as they found themselves subjected to a torrent of outrage. "Those who want to [jeer] a national anthem should be banned from the matches they've come to watch," scolded French Prime Minister François Fillon...