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...would have had a good deal of experience caring for the sickly Clark. The co-leader's journal entries afford only the briefest glimpses of a man whose name he often didn't capitalize. We hear of York at work, sawing wood for huts or gathering cress for his master's dinner. There's steamed York: "my Servent nearly exosted with heat thurst and fatigue." And frozen York: "my Servents feet also frosted & his P--s a little." An overworked York: "my boy york verry unwell from violent Colds & Strains Carrying in meet and lifting logs on the huts...
...grants from a grateful Congress--except, of course, York. He apparently thought that in lieu of all that, his pay might be...his freedom? Clark, who had settled in St. Louis, reacted badly. He allowed York to return temporarily to Louisville to rejoin his wife, who had a different master. But Clark wrote to his brother Jonathan, "if any attempt is made by york to run off, or refuse to provorm his duty as a Slave, I wish him Sent to New Orleans and Sold, or hired out to Some Severe master untill he thinks better of Such Conduct." Outraged...
...worldwide investigations into the mysteries of the Sept. 11 terror conspiracy roll on, officials in Europe have pondered an enigma: Where is Abu Qatada? Described by some justice officials as the spiritual leader and possible puppet master of al-Qaeda's European networks, Abu Qatada has been missing since mid-December after British authorities confiscated his passport, froze his assets and ordered him confined to his London home. With Jordan seeking his return to serve a life sentence for terror-related crimes, some observers figured Abu Qatada went underground-and perhaps left Britain-to avoid extradition. But senior European intelligence...
Kirkland House Master Tom C. Conley said he and his wife were in the Master’s residence when the flames broke...
...Savage 5, Shaolin Avengers and The Five Venoms filled theater and TV screens around the world, schooling a generation in the intricacies of righteous machismo. He made stars of Jimmy Wang Yu, Ti Lung, David Chiang and Alexander Fu Sheng, and mentored his assistant director (later action master) John Woo. When Chang died June 22, at 79, from pneumonia, the Shaw Brothers studios paid for the funeral of its most prolific, pioneering auteur. In Hong Kong, movie spirits are at half-mast...