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...sister-in-law. Some of the dialogue clangs with touchy-feely phoniness ("How come you didn't cry when my father was killed?" an angry boy demands of his uncle). But the show scores with scenes of luminous originality and emotional truth: an improvised dance of grief by the widow; a jail-cell encounter between the cop and a man arrested for his brother's murder, in which hate runs smack into pity...
When he died 20 years later, his widow Florence assumed leadership of the sect. She dissolved it after the failure of her prediction that the last days of creation would commence on April 22, 1959. But some members stayed on near Waco with Benjamin Roden, a preacher who styled himself as the literal successor to King David of Israel...
...WONDER JO HARRIS, 79, IS FURIOUS about the price of prescription drugs. In the past two years the Montana widow has seen the cost of her medications soar, including a 50% jump in the price of the Voltaren tablets she takes for arthritis pain, which rose to $89.95 for a month's supply of 60 pills. "I feel like they rob me without a gun," Harris says. "When I paid the drugstore clerk, I told him, 'You know Bill Clinton's watching you, don't you?' I believe the guy will try to do something about this. I sure hope...
...officials paid no attention. Once again, rubber tappers fear more violence. "This place could turn into a war zone," warned Gumercindo Rodrigues of the Xapuri Rural Workers' Union. Inundated with protests from environmental groups, the Brazilian government vowed to recapture the gunmen. "They'll never find them," predicted Mendes' widow Ilzamar, who accused local authorities of complicity in the escape. A police manhunt has so far failed to turn up any sign of the fugitives, who could be hiding in neighboring Bolivia...
...relatives and friends, Mobutu must contend with their incessant demands for money and favors. One major distraction has been a feud between children of his late first wife Marie- Antoinette and those of his second, Bobi Ladawa. Another has been rivalry between Bobi Ladawa and her identical twin, a widow whom Mobutu took as a mistress some years ago and with whom he promptly had several children. Though such behavior has roots in African tradition, it has led to raucous family turmoil that represents a significant drain on the time Mobutu devotes to statecraft...