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The woman, who had been wearing a harness, according to parliamentary officials, was left dangling several yards above the deputies' benches for a few minutes, until a police officer came to her aid.

In the array of reactions to the reopening of this public university, home to 25,000 students in a rural county 65 miles west of Chicago, nearly everyone, even university officials, was left wondering what the lasting scars will be.

WASHINGTON -- The White House defended its ethics record on Wednesday after reports surfaced that one of its top health care policy officials was leaving the administration to take a job at a pharmaceutical giant.

Even lottery officials were left in the dark.

European and UN officials were left visibly flummoxed as Obama announced his deal to the media.

In both cases, its officials were left in the dark, diplomats say, so as not to undermine a deal.

Elsewhere, Guatemalan officials are left adding up the enormous costs of repairing roads, bridges and other infrastructure after the storm.

If civic officials were left to their own devices, Broad said, "I knew they would screw it up.

Israeli officials were left to shrug and raise their eyebrows and put a positive spin on a clearly disappointing meeting.

"The contractors and M.T.A. officials were left free to continue their fraud upon the M.T.A.," he told the hearing.

In the press box, Alabama officials were left scrambling to find out if the Crimson Tide had ever squandered a 24-point lead.