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...been counting on the tapes to bolster their contention that Fuhrman--who denied on the stand that he had used the epithet--is a racist who planted the famous bloody glove at Simpson's home in order to frame him. Earlier in the week, with the jury absent, many more excerpts from the tapes were played for a shocked courtroom; spectators heard Fuhrman boast, in unrelentingly vile language, of beating suspects and lying about evidence in earlier cases. However, there was no immediate indication of whether Fuhrman was telling the truth about his exploits, and Ito ruled that the tales...
Among the various proposals out there for reforming Medicare, one is strikingly absent. Nobody is suggesting that Medicare should be turned into block grants for the states, as many are proposing for other federal programs, including Medicaid, the health-care system for the poor. Apparently, the vaunted superiority of state governments--their magical ability to find solutions that elude Washington--is not to be trusted when a popular federal program is at stake...
...booming invisible voice, sounding like a cross between Walter Cronkite and Big Brother, that directs the taming of the wilderness. His minions include a creatively frustrated egghead, a hot-tempered muscleman, a pair of winsome young lovers and all manner of ax-swinging loggers and their "wimmin." Inexplicably absent is Babe the Blue...
...Absent from the tennis scene since a crazed fan stabbed her in 1993, Monica Seles will return with a share of the world's No. 1 ranking, the Women's Tennis Association said on Thursday. Seles will split the top spot with Steffi Graf for at least the first six tournaments that she plays; Graf will be top-seeded at the upcoming U.S. Open for tournament-draw purposes...
...knightly entourage is not the same as Arthur fans may remember, either. Agravaine is the only familiar name Connery's Arthur speaks. And while Sirs Gawain and Gareth are in the film's credits, they are unidentified during the movie, and Sir Lamorack, Sir Bors and Sir Pellinore are absent from this retelling...