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Now Zurich's banks are being looted, and millions and millions of dollars of Swiss money are being carted off. The brave Swiss, although threatened with execution for protecting U.S. citizens, are hiding Americans in their homes. Even many of the wealthy residents who could leave are staying in Switzerland...
Following the second failed coup attempt last October, Noriega rounded up dozens of officers for imprisonment or execution, deepening tensions in the barracks. In public, he sometimes appeared drunk and showed the telltale signs of cocaine abuse. Noriega supporters say that in December, in the wake of reports that Bush...
As Wednesday's H hour approached, huge military transports were landing at ten-minute intervals at Howard Air Force Base, doubtless alerting Noriega that a U.S. strike might soon be under way. Pentagon spokesmen dismissed the airlift as a routine exercise. But total surprise had never loomed large in Pentagon...
The lisp is less evident now, and any thoughts one may have had of this man idling afternoons away over a fishing rod disappear. Abruptly, he turns away from his quarterback and stalks downfield toward the defense. Out of the corners of their eyes, the helmeted giants and his assistant...
Being among the victors did not bring Cela many spoils. In 1942 his novel The Family of Pascual Duarte caused a sensation. Ostensibly the memoir of a triple murderer awaiting execution, the novel portrayed a Spanish countryside awash in madness, vengeance and bloodshed. The work was harshly attacked. Mordantly, Cela...