Word: hajime
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...doors announcing that the business has been closed indefinitely. Until last month, this was one of the biggest private companies in the city, residents say; its owner was a popular philanthropist. But now pedestrians keep their distance, some averting their eyes when passing. The shop belonged to Mutallip Hajim, a successful Uighur jade trader well known for sponsoring religious-education classes. He was arrested in January for unspecified crimes. On March 3, police announced that the 38-year old had died of a heart attack in prison...
...always do that either. The most searing experience of his life occurred over two days in November 1917, when he was captured by the Turks and beaten and raped before he escaped. In 1919, submitting a report of this event to British authorities in Cairo, Lawrence altered key details: "Hajim was an ardent paederast and took a fancy to me. So he kept me under guard till night, and then tried to have me. I was unwilling, and prevailed after some difficulty." Years later, he wrote a rather different description to George Bernard Shaw's wife Charlotte, the correspondent with...
...psychopaths are unpredictable and extremely dangerous. But then, Leonard always seems more interested in sociology than suspense. His supporting cast springs from that circle where commerce, show business and crime are hard to separate. Casino Manager Jackie Garbo likes to impress visitors with his autographed celebrity photos. Bodyguard Moosleh Hajim Jabara strains parody as an Ethiopian-born retired pro-football player who changed his name to DeLeon Johnson. LaDonna Holly Padgett is a former Miss Oklahoma and Miss Congeniality well on her way to such titles as Miss Cordial and Miss Bloody Mary. The rub-out of a Mafioso...