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...royal-snappers agree, to photograph. Some of the most famous pictures of Diana capture the Princess mid e-roll, or sitting stiffly beside her Prince and looking as if she wants nothing more than to slide under the table and escape. Others show a young mother, her head thrown back in laughter, bundling her children...
...displaying only Hatfill's picture to locals, rather than a photo lineup of several people, the officials were biasing witnesses, says a source with knowledge of the anthrax case. The concern is that this method could lead to false sightings, or if charges are filed, witness testimony could be thrown out. Nevertheless, investigators are hopeful that the discovery of the "hot box," as the mailbox is called, represents a significant break in the case. The box was one of hundreds that fed into a postal sorting center in Hamilton Township, N.J., where the four anthrax-laden letters were postmarked...
...verse thief or poem-forgia. I also watched Nash on TV, where with Perelman, George S. Kaufman and Fred Allen he formed an informal group of sour-faced humorists who drawled cunning sarcasm So lacerating that anyone on the receiving end would collapse as if thrown down a Yellowstone National Park chasm. Without rising from behind the panel, they showed the world their rumps And defined the '50s wit as a fellow with a tone somewhere between gramps and grumps. Years later, as a movie critic I would sometimes be censured for a tendency to slander and slash...
...competition beneath the country's Premiership and are still reeling financially after the League's three-year, $448 million deal with failed broadcaster ITV Digital collapsed last March. (Financial hiccups caused by shrinking revenues are familiar across European soccer these days: earlier this month, for example, Fiorentina was thrown out of Italy's Serie B division for failing to arrange cover for its $22 million debt.) Last week Football League CEO David Burns and chairman Keith Harris were forced to resign after the English High Court threw out the League's attempt to recover $271 million from itv Digital...
...over a long career is probably something that will never be repeated. As great a ballplayer as he was, though, he was an even greater American citizen. When his country needed him, he didn't shirk his duty, flying combat missions in two wars. The word hero is thrown around so much now that it has lost its true meaning. However, in the case of Williams, hero says it all. PAUL ROSKOWSKI Oviedo...