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...Light. He storms onto the Biblical stage in the Acts of the Apostles as a hot-eyed, self-appointed persecutor of the Christian community in Jerusalem. He even appears at the stoning of Stephen, Christianity's first martyr. He "made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison." Then all at once, in a flash of blinding light, he became one of them...
...British destroyers-of which there must have been at least two divisions, eight craft-cut the sea up with torpedoes. Most of the destroyers carried eight torpedoes. The Havock, Captain Watkins, which gave a good account of herself at Narvik, signaled the flagship: "I am hanging onto the stern of the Pola. Shall I board her or blow her stern off with depth charges? Haven't any torpedoes left." But another destroyer got the Pola...
...France. Thus, in a dispatch dated July 6, 1789: "By intelligence from Paris . . . we learn that peace is far from being established in that Metropolis." Two days later: "Two German regiments were then brought out, which roused the indignation of the national troops, who . . . joined the mob. A dreadful havock was the consequence...
...attentive reader of the Post 150 years ago could readily have guessed that all was not well in France. Convulsions, havock, intrigue, were leading up to one of the biggest events that a newspaper ever covered: the fall of the Bastille and the beginning of the French Revolution. Last week, while the 150th Bastille Day was being exuberantly celebrated in Paris, the Daily Telegraph & Morning Post reprinted its admirably terse, vigorous, 150-year-old eyewitness report of the original event...
...Woodford and Havock incidents apparently were the last straw. Backed to the hilt by France, two long and secret meetings were held in Downing Street attended by key Cabinet Ministers, whereupon came the announcement...