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Speaking from his hospital bed, Mr. Miricho, who is the chairman of Gakoe and Mung'aria factories, said the mob of more than 100 people stormed his house, baying for his blood.
President Jamil Mahuad was toppled three days ago when Indian protestors, supported by military officers, stormed the congressional building.
Bill Gates may not be waking up in the middle of the night worried about whether Netscape has stormed the Ardennes on the way to Sedan, but I'm sure somebody at Microsoft is worried (probably Steve Ballmer, a college buddy of mine who would wake up in the middle of the night if he bothered to sleep), and is working on a devastating counterattack this very moment.
His entry for 14 July 1789, the day the Bastille was stormed, reads Rien (Nothing).
A few stick up for the embattled author, arguing that though "the ideas expressed aren't complicated," Purdy "grapples with them with a seriousness that puts more seasoned--and ironic--commentators to shame" ( Publishers Weekly ). Walter Kirn, writing in Time , seems a bit gleeful at the fact that "the brainy nature boy has stormed the capital, panicking the languid sophisticates with an unfashionably passionate attack on the dangers of passionlessness," only to later concede that the book is "an arduous read that would test the syntactical skills of a tenured professor."