Great Expectations. In Caravaggio, Italy, after being robbed of 130,000 lire ($208), Mrs. Giacomina Cerutti received an envelope containing 5,000 lire ($8) and an unsigned note: "Dear Madam, it is I who stole your purse. Be assured you will get your money back . . . Will send you 5,000 lire ($8) monthly."
Party Discipline. In East Berlin, when ninth-grade Teacher Wolfgang Triebel accused his class of turning in identical essays, the class spokesman declared heatedly that they had not copied from one another but had "worked collectively."
Mama's Boy. In Fairmont, Minn., while...