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...preclude the possibility that thousands of their comrades were lying dead elsewhere. But the accounts of locals do not suggest a high death toll among the Republican Guard. In many places, civilian fatality rates were higher. In the temporary cemetery that Dawrah residents had dug in a grove of palm trees, there are 34 graves, but only six to 10, locals say, are for soldiers. In Mahmudiyah, Daoud Jassim, the hospital deputy director, says 50 bodies were brought to the hospital from fighting on April 3, but more than half were civilians. In Hindiyah, Najah Mohamad, a fire-truck driver...
...poetry and enacting scenes from The Decameron, Giovanni Boccaccio's 14th century collection of fables, in the castle's theater. On the wedding day, Quirk's brother, a drummer, led the processional through the grounds while guests banged along on pots and pans. When they reached a hilltop olive grove, the guests formed a circle around the couple as one friend sang Ave Maria and another acted as "officiant." Afterward, everyone danced into the night to CDs the couple had created for the occasion...
Nair’s two-acre home in Kampala, Uganda is dotted with trees she’s planted. She speaks excitedly about her green thumb, discussing her newly-sowed mango grove and the 61 trees she put in last summer...
...heard stories that if you pee on John Harvard, then he’s going to curse you silently, and his curse is so strong that you are never going to get a girl in your four years of college,” said Steve Mark, from Buffalo Grove, Ill. “If there’s anything I made sure I did not do, it was to even take a look at him…. I can’t imagine living close to so many cute girls, yet so distant from my life...
...marooned travelers start checking in one by one. They include a high-strung actress (Rebecca De Mornay) and her resourceful limo driver (John Cusack), a short-fused policeman (Ray Liotta) escorting a murderous prisoner (Jake Busey) and a high-priced hooker escaping Las Vegas to tend to an orange grove in Florida (Amanda Peet...