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...splattered echo of the great Roman general, Scipio Africanus, who defeated Hannibal at Zama (202 B.C.) and was Roman proconsul in Spain. When the Roman Senate accused Scipio and his brother of accepting bribes and misappropriating funds, he tore up the account books in question, flung them on the floor of the Senate, and went into embittered exile. On his tomb, he ordered the inscription: "Ingrata patria, ne ossa quidem habebis [Ungrateful fatherland, you shall not have even my bones...
...drivers stepped on the gas, tore into the British sector. Walter Waaske, driver of one bus, told what happened next: "All of a sudden a policeman turned his pistol toward my bus and shot. The bullet hit the windshield, and I could not see through it. I drove as fast as possible toward Potsdamer Strasse. Two more bullets hit the bus. One went through the coat of an officer sitting behind me." One of the passengers was 13-year-old Kristin Norstad, daughter of Lieut. General Norstad, commander of the U.S. Air Force in Europe. She called the incident...
With Scissors. At the Rosenbergs, the conspirators arranged for future deliveries. Rosenberg tore the back off a package of Jello, took a pair of scissors and snipped the cardboard in half. One-half he gave to Greenglass' wife, the other he kept. The next time Greenglass saw the other half, was in Albuquerque. It was in the hand of Courier Harry Gold-an identification card. Greenglass gave Gold another lens-mold sketch, he said...
...first police treated the matter as a joke, but as excitement grew in the city, they went into action, arrested teen-agers distributing leaflets, tore down posters (which promptly went up again as soon as the cops' backs were turned...
After that, Shea and McCombe, denied food all day, were subjected to a series of stumbling interrogations. Just before dusk, two cops piled them into a car and tore across town in a nightmare ride to Station 22. There, Shea and McCombe got food at last-and more grilling. At 1:30 a.m., after 25 hours of examination, the questioning ended. Shea and McCombe were taken to police headquarters...