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...weeks he had been living in the tranquil priory of Saint-Francois in Nice. Then one morning last week, police swooped down and arrested Paul Touvier, 74, the intelligence chief of the Lyons militia during the Nazi Occupation. Twice after World War II, Touvier was sentenced to death for collaborating with the Nazis and torturing and executing French Resistance members. He escaped and stayed hidden until the statute of limitations expired in 1967. In 1971 Touvier received a presidential pardon. Two years later Touvier was charged again, this time with crimes against humanity, to which the statute does not apply...
...confrontation between the people of the People's Republic of China and the government created a surreal deadlock -- chaotic yet tranquil, jubilant but darkly ominous. Using lampposts and bicycle racks, bands set up barricades on the avenues leading into the heart of the city. Word spread of a military plot to deploy forces via the Beijing subway system, but the plan went awry when transit workers decided to back the striking students and shut down the power supply. "The people will win!" many exclaimed. Still, the presentiment of danger always lurked, and several dozen people reportedly were injured in clashes...
...headed the covert branch for four years before going back into the field, came to wildlife enforcement after a stint as an undercover narcotics agent. An environmentalist, he says, "I didn't want to spend the rest of my life doing drug buys." While wildlife work might seem more tranquil than the murderous world of drugs, Leach says wildlife cops often find themselves in the backcountry on their own, while during undercover drug buys, "you generally have lots of backup if things go wrong...
...arrive at such a sorry state? Traditionally, running a thrift was a relatively tranquil business. S & L managers used to follow what was known as the 3-6-3 rule: pay depositors 3%, lend money at 6% and tee up at the golf course by 3 p.m. When interest rates remained stable, the strategy worked well. But by the late 1970s, thrifts began steadily losing depositors to the new money-market funds, which were not covered by deposit insurance and paid higher interest rates...
Residents of sleepy Asuncion were startled when the crack of gunfire shattered a muggy summer night. Two dozen armored tanks rumbled down a residential street from the First Army Corps headquarters. For eight hours, the sounds of battle transformed several normally tranquil neighborhoods into war zones. As mutinous soldiers traded rounds with loyal government troops, bullets ricocheted wildly, felling more than 100 soldiers, pockmarking buildings and flattening tires of parked cars...