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...first comes 1988, when student protests in Rangoon grow into a nationwide pro-democracy uprising in which Khoo Thwe, a natural orator, plays an impassioned role. "It is hard to describe the thrill people felt in finding their voices for the first time," he writes, then describes brilliantly the sheer, heart-pounding euphoria of defying the authorities under a regime where "even to think about the possibility felt like committing a crime...
Back in Seattle, the investigation was getting bogged down by the sheer number of bodies. Corpses were being found in a wide arc around SeaTac Airport by kids on bikes, a man walking his dog, mushroom collectors, soldiers on exercises. "Every time you found a body it was like being hit on the head with a baseball bat," says Reichert. Often when the cops went to examine a body in the woods, they would come across the remains of several others nearby...
...though, the sheer volume of complaints is making church officials nervous, fearful that their defenses might be breached. In 1997 the Dallas diocese had to use insurance money, borrow $11.3 million and sell all its vacant property to pay a reduced judgment of $31 million following an initial $119.6 million award for sex-abuse victims of Father Rudolph Kos. The Boston diocese says that to date it has paid nearly $30 million in settlements...
...process of paving over the gravel, in anticipation of more tourists. But before the throngs arrive, the government will need to post road signs. We drove for hours along unmarked roads. Just when it looked like we would have to be satisfied with views of mountain goats and sheer canyons, we spotted a solitary structure. The Al Jabal al-Akhdhar Hotel fed us a sumptuous Omani meal and sent us on our way with a detailed map of the area. Almost immediately we found the villages of Saiq, Al Qisha and Al Shrijah. Here, adobe and stone houses are built...
...pink one that appears to have the head of George Washington. Life-size blow-up dolls hang nearby, blonds, brunettes and redheads with crimson mouths shaped in a permanent 'O,' as if surprised to find themselves rolling off the production line of a dingy Chinese factory. The sheer variety of sex toys, both anatomically correct and physiologically implausible, being readied for shipment from Wenzhou Loves Health Products is disturbing. But as company president Wu Wei says, "Everyone has their own taste." Which, hopefully, explains the inflatable cow?a black-spotted Holstein?tucked in the corner. "The cow is ordered...