Word: affordable
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...accelerating rate of jury attrition has raised the specter of a mistrial. It is unlikely that Simpson can afford to mount such an elaborate defense again (though a celebrity client will never lack for glory-seeking legal help), and that may well affect the outcome. For the Simpson case has demonstrated perhaps more starkly than ever before that in the American justice system, as in so much else in this country, money changes everything -- and huge amounts of money change things almost beyond recognition...
...quoted him fees in the $250,000 range. Instead, he used attorney Larry Hammond, who agreed to take the case for the sum total of Bertsch's liquidated assets, which came to about $160,000. Even with all that cash, here's what Hammond says his client could not afford: a pretrial evidentiary hearing, which would have required $50,000; mock-jury preparation for $30,000 (instead, they rehearsed the case for some local lawyers and "bought them lunch''); jury consultants, $50,000; computer support; and a thorough investigation of the crime. Although there was no physical evidence linking...
...that she makes $12.5 million a film, DEMI MOORE can afford to hire someone younger to play herself. In Now and Then, a low-budget female-bonding movie she's co-producing, Moore, MELANIE GRIFFITH, RITA WILSON and ROSIE O'DONNELL play second fiddle to the girls who portray them as 12-year-olds. And although GABY HOFFMANN (Sleepless in Seattle), THORA BIRCH (Clear and Present Danger), ASHLEIGH ASTON MOORE and CHRISTINA RICCI (Casper) are young, they know the biz. "I didn't try to act 12," says Ricci, 15. "When people try to act younger, they come off looking...
Some critics believe the Terrace is a pricey boondoggle that cash-strapped Madison can ill afford, even though more than half the cost will be borne by state and county funds and by private donors. Yet another source of acrimony is whether the Terrace deserves to be considered a Wright design at all. A local organization called It Ain't Wright has argued that the architect's original concept envisioned a 2.8 hectare multipurpose civic center, complete with jail and railroad station, on a pristine stretch of lakeshore. The scaled-down version being built snuggles up against a cluttered Madison...
...Research for the sake of research; arguably,we cannot afford it any longer," says Matthews."But that does not mean that basic research isout...