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...premature rest. Though known to have subpoenaed 14 witnesses, seven of whom were on hand, Swan called only three former platoon mates of Mitchell's to the stand. The other witnesses, including two helicopter pilots and an agent who investigated My Lai for the Army, waited in vain to testify. Surrounded by reporters afterward, the 28-year-old prosecutor was peppered with questions. Did he think he had proved his case against Mitchell? "I sure do." Why had he rested his case so suddenly? "I felt it was advantageous to do so." Had he checked with Washington before making...
...DWIGHT EISENHOWER: "Doubtless he shares the somewhat elementary conviction animating the American people that the primordial mission of the United States derives from a decree from heaven, and its preponderance is a matter of right. But the President is not vain nor his manner intransigent. He is a man of lofty conscience, determined to judge only on the basis of facts and to decide only upon the advice of qualified people...
When Hans Christian Andersen died in 1875 at the age of 70, he was famous at home in Denmark. Some of the fairy tales on which his enduring name rests had already found their way into translation. But few people knew that the vain, morbid, brilliantly imaginative Dane was also a visual artist of real talent, or that his work, when viewed down the corridor of a century, would come to look quite "modern...
...through the first day, we waited in vain for the Jordanian army to acknowledge our existence. At one point, some photographers and TV cameramen ventured into the hotel garden, hoping to attach themselves to a group of soldiers and get closer to the war. The soldiers waved them back and fired over their heads. Undaunted, the reporters climbed to the balconies of the hotel with their equipment. A Swedish cameraman waved to a Bedouin soldier in an armored car and was promptly shot in the leg. By some miracle, there were no more casualties among...
...collecting welfare or working as dishwashers. Fleming himself has been out of work since May 1 and has sought jobs that would have paid half his former $15,600 salary-with no luck so far. Typically, he has sent letters to employers across the country, all in vain...