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Is bribery sometimes OK? How people answered across the Americas
World NowA Vanderbilt University study found big differences in how bribery is seen in different countries, based on a 2010 survey of nearly 41,000 people in 24 countries.... -
Don't 'go postal' over 'drinking the Kool-Aid' [Most commented]
Opinion L.A.Don't "drink the Kool-Aid," writes Meghan Daum in an Op-Ed column that urges readers to "ease up on a figure of speech arising from 1978's Jonestown massacre." She writes: [A]pparently unbeknown to just about everyone who uses the expression, "drinking...... -
It's a jungle all right in Guyana
Wary of jaguars, Wally Prince creeps around a cave formed by overhanging boulders. A few small bats drop from the rocks, flutter about and find new resting places. Our guide, a native of Guyana, is a man on a mission.
"Watch out for pit vipers," he says,...Tags: Minority Groups, Forestry and Timber, Native Americans, Crime, Law and Justice, Hotels and Accommodations
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Animal broker charged in deaths of 15 monkeys
L.A. NOWAnimal broker charged in deaths of 15 monkeys... -
Guyana info
THE BEST WAY TO GUYANA From LAX, Virgin America, American, United and Delta offer connecting service (change of plane) to Georgetown, Guyana. Restricted round-trip fares begin at $854, excluding taxes and fees. WHERE TO STAY Atta Rainforest Lodge,...Tags: Virgin Group, Ltd., Georgetown, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Los Angeles International Airport
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Janet Jagan dies at 88; Chicago nursing student became president of Guyana
Janet Jagan, a Chicago nursing student who became Guyana's first white and first female president decades after immigrating to the region, died Saturday. She was 88.
Jagan died at the country's state-run Georgetown Public Hospital of an abdominal...Tags: Obituaries, Cheddi Jagan, Georgetown, Surgery, Health
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David Shayt dies at 56; associate curator collected artifacts for the Smithsonian
David Shayt summed up his effect on the world in fewer than 100 words. "As a museum specialist at the Smithsonian’s Museum of American History," he wrote in the Washington Post for a special millennium issue, "I have added to the national...Tags: Charity, Obituaries, Miss America Pageant, McDonald's, The Washington Post
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Archive: Hell's Echo: The Jonestown Mass Suicide
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterEditor's note: Nov. 18 marks the 30th anniversary of the Jonestown tragedy in which 913 people died in a ritual of mass suicide and murder at a cult compound in Guyana. This story was first published on the 25th anniversary of the massacre. OAKLAND -- On...Tags: Murder, Firearms, Suicide, Jackie Speier, Family
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Archive: Mourners Recall Jonestown Tragedy
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAs mourners assembled Wednesday for the 20th annual services commemorating the Jonestown tragedy, a Los Angeles business executive pledged funds for a long-sought memorial wall to be inscribed with the names and ages of more than 900 victims of the mass...Tags: Murder, Suicide, Maya Angelou, Crime, Law and Justice, Massacres
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Archive: Jonestown's Lessons Still Go Unheeded
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIt was deja vu: Too many bodies, life snuffed out, arranged neatly in restful repose, showing no obvious signs of violence. In one case, the dead were shielded from the sun by the red-tiled roof of a million-dollar mansion in a wealthy Southern California...Tags: Murder, Unexplained Phenomena, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Entertainment, Suicide
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Archive: Little Remains of Peoples Temple Outpost Where 913 Died
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIn 10-year-old photographs, the ground around the Jonestown pavilion is covered with bodies of men, women and children. More than 900 people had received a fatal potion of poison in Jim Jones' grisly ritual of suicide and murder. Today, the infamous spot...Tags: Firearms, Georgetown, Suicide, Journalism, Metal and Mineral
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Former Randle Man Feeds Children in Guyana
The Chronicle, Centralia, Wash.Jerry La Gra, a Randle native who graduated from Centralia College in 1961, transferred that year to the University of Washington, but wasn't sure what to do with his life. He decided to quit school, filled out forms to join the Peace Corps and went...Tags: Peanut Butter, Peanuts, Conservation, Endangered Species, Environmental Issues
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