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...week began with the prosecution methodically introducing the physical evidence it says will prove that O.J. Simpson murdered his ex-wife and a friend-evidence that withering cross-examination indicated might be flawed. But the trial came to an abrupt halt when another juror, Jeanette Harris, was dismissed, reportedly for having failed to fully reveal her personal experiences with domestic violence. Harris then publicly criticized the prosecution's case, talked about racial tensions on the jury and complained about the deputies guarding the panel. Judge Lance Ito promptly ordered an investigation...
...shipping bird dung from Peru to the U.S. for use as fertilizer. Perhaps more predictably, last week's admission came only after weeks of obfuscation on the part of the troubled company. The $5 billion conglomerate, which produces everything from plastics to kidney-dialysis equipment, initially blamed Bolduc's abrupt departure on "differences of style and philosophy...
...transition at Chiat/Day, which announced plans in January to merge with TBWA International, was abrupt: just six months to transform the workplace from conventional to virtual. Now, employees who choose to go to the office on any given day stop at a ``concierge's desk'' in the lobby to pick up laptop computers and portable phones, which can be programmed with any employee's extension. The workers then head for any one of a dozen or so living room-like settings in a large, red-carpeted open area, plug into nearby modem jacks and get cracking. For the occasional meetings...
...delayed flight at one of those kitschy Cheers-imitation restaurants, when approached by a sun-burnt, 40ish man named Frank, one of the 60 or so Nebraska fans passing through the airport after their trip to Miami and the Orange Bowl. He is in a good mood, as his abrupt introductory remark indicates, and I am pretty pissed off. Believing cheer to be infectious, I decide to partake in a little whole-some midwestern badinage...
...days has about as much grace and subtlety as the death of a great bull moose by heart attack. After trudging along with its opponent for three-fourths of a game on the strength of a pesky defense and decent transition game, the team will suddenly come to an abrupt stop. Its eyes will get big. Its heart will pound. Its nostrils will flair. Its neck will stiffen. And then: thunk...