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At night underground I imagine him nearby somewhere, long limbs caught quickfrozen in a runner's pose, fingers reaching, hard as marble-- I am poured out, O Lord, poured out like water --all night I dream him in that posture of longing, held and stilled beneath the motion and the industry, the unimaginable weight of our living world.
NSC memo, Summary of Conclusions for Principals Committee Meeting Held on September 13, 2001.
One rather unwilling and notorious resident was the monstrous Vlad the Impaler (on whom the Dracula legend was partly based), held prisoner here from 1462 to 1475.
2) A judge has reportedly ordered Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr to show why he shouldn't be held in contempt of court for allegedly leaking to the press.
Ever since its early maritime days and through the 1950s — when gangsters who ran prostitution and gambling rackets made Havana synonymous with decadence — it has always held a slightly seedy, languorous allure.