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Blazing oil borne by floodwaters swept into an Egyptian town, killing some 500 people, many of them incinerated as they slept. Survivors "thought it was the Day of Judgment," according to one witness who saw "a wave of people running toward the mosque screaming 'There is only one God!' " The conflagration in Durunka, located 213 miles south of Cairo, was ignited when government oil- storage tanks ruptured and spilled their inflammable contents...
...jobs, before stumbling into Los Angeles in the summer of 1982. "A black guy gave me a ride from the California border and dropped me downtown. He gave me a few bucks and encouraged me to get help. I had only the clothes on my back, and I slept outside that night." The next day he talked to a cop and eventually was driven to the Veterans Affairs treatment center in West Los Angeles...
Evil has many faces in Nicky Silver's new iron-toothed comedy, but who is Silver's real devil? There are at least four strong candidates by the time the bodies stop piling up. There is the father, Arthur Duncan (Dennis Creaghan) who neglected his son, slept around to spite his wife and molested his daughter, Emma, throughout her childhood, leaving her short and long term memories permanently repressed. Or maybe the mother Grace Duncan (Marian Mercer) who molested her son, Todd (Christopher Collet), driving him to the street where he contracts AIDS. Or for that matter, the family friend...
Aristide wanted to spend his first night home at his private residence just outside town, but he was told by his security people that his safety there could not yet be guaranteed. So he chose to remain in the palace and slept in his office on a pull-out couch sent over by a helpful friend. There was no working shower; the President had to bathe a la paysanne -- peasant style -- using buckets of water and a sink...
According to Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III, such drastic measures are necessary because of adverse past experiences at Head of the Charles. "In the past people have used the College grounds as bathrooms, and people have slept in corridors and the like," he told The Crimson...