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Liberator. Warlord. Patriot. Power-mad. Those are some of the terms that Bashir Gemayel's deeply riven countrymen have used to describe their President-elect during his years as a leader of the Christian militia forces. Part political idealist and part storm trooper, Gemayel, 34, has shown he will use whatever means necessary to achieve his nationalist goals. His supporters argue that Lebanon's dire condition requires just that sort of toughness. Opponents claim that he is a fierce political animal dedicated to narrow sectarian aims...
...sudden shock of death that affected Britons most profoundly. Bystanders who rushed to help victims of the first blast in Hyde Park were repelled by the senseless attack on ceremonial guards. "I saw one trooper with his head blown off and two others lying on the ground covered with blood," said a businessman. Wounded troopers staggered in the road muttering, "Bastards, bastards." Of the 27 people who were injured by the nail bomb in Hyde Park, 17 were civilian bystanders. Said a worker in nearby Knightsbridge: "The first thing I saw was a middle-aged lady on her hands...
...dead: Lance Corporal Jeffery Young, 19; Lieut. Anthony Daly, 23; Trooper Simon Tipper, 19; Corporal Major Roy Bright, 36; Bandsman George Mesure, 19; Bandsman Keith Powell, 24; Warrant Officer 2 Graham Barker, 36; Corporal John McKnight, 30; Bandsman Laurence Smith, 19; Sergeant Robert Livingstone...
Asst. District Attny. William N. Kettlewell '73 rested he prosecution's case earlier yesterday, after the defense cross-examined the state's final witness, State Trooper William Lisano, who questioned the alleged victims in the Waltham cases last year...
...breakthrough came last month when an off-duty Louisiana state trooper spotted a red Pontiac Trans Am in the town of Lake Charles that matched the description of a car sighted near the scene of a number of the attacks. The owner, John Simonis, 30, was placed under surveillance for five days until authorities were confident that he was the "ski-mask rapist." Once in custody, police said, he confessed involvement in 77 assaults...