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...that the vehemence of Quincy's city council is the kind of community action that is so sorely lacking in many of America's neighborhoods where real threats--drugs, gangs, etc.--abound. But in Quincy, the antibody piercing brou-ha-ha seems like nothing more than a witch hunt. Miller's store is clean, he's experienced, and his services aren't even unique. Yet the good citizens of Quincy seem convinced that the only way to safeguard their children is to ride Miller out of town on a rail. They don't seem to realize that if their children...
Fred Thompson has always been cast in parts he was made for. Each character--the admiral in The Hunt for Red October, the White House chief of staff in In the Line of Fire, the CIA director in No Way Out--was a gruff, folksy, take-charge type, a guy just like--well, Fred Thompson. He got his Hollywood break literally playing himself in Marie, the movie version of a celebrated case he had handled as a trial lawyer, laying bare the clemency-selling scandal that landed a Tennessee Governor in prison. And he had already been a Senator...
...regularly strafed with mortar and gunfire. It took Peissel 14 years to get permission to visit the region under Pakistani military escort. But he is convinced it was worth the wait. "The expedition's findings at long last vindicate Herodotus," says Peissel, "ending what may be the longest treasure hunt in history...
Finding one book would be too easy. My goal was to find three pieces of literature in the stacks in 30 minutes: one book, one pamphlet and one magazine. The topics, chosen at random, would be snails, Buddha and George Washington. Before I could hunt down my targets, I had to locate them using the HOLLIS computer terminals, which involved deciphering a series of encrypted codes derived from five ancient languages. To find a magazine article on snails, the following steps were necessary...
...Rupo, a key insider, could lead to the breakup of the coalition government. Prosecutors based their accusations on the sometimes conflicting testimony of a single witness, who said he had sex with Di Rupo in 1989 and 1990. Di Rupo claims to be the victim of "a witch-hunt, a McCarthyism of the worst sort." Following intense political haggling, Parliament last week voted against stripping Di Rupo of his immunity, concluding that the evidence is still too flimsy. But the reprieve was only temporary; the country's highest court was ordered to continue investigating the minister, and lawmakers will again...