31.  A former landlord said she was still owed several thousand dollars in back rent.

32.  A former reporter said Forbes once talked with him for two hours, with seemingly genuine concern, about staff morale.

33.  A fourth said he ran over the cat with a pickup truck.

34.  A friend of his father said he could get Isaac a job making cooking pots in Ivory Coast.

35.  A gentle voice behind him said Easy, Joe, and he spun around in terror and surprise.

36.  A golden age, they said.

37.  A government minister said that there would be an inquiry.

38.  A government minister said there had been a mixup, and that another unidentified vessel was the slave ship.

39.  A government spokeswoman said the new laws would protect vulnerable children.