Word: airtight
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...jury selection for the Nichols trial starts Monday, the case against him is not airtight, since no one claims to have seen Nichols and McVeigh actually building the bomb. Unlike McVeigh, Nichols has not been placed in Oklahoma City on the day of the bombing, and some observers believe that may save him from the death penalty...
...separated from her husband of a year and a half, Riccardo Mazzucchelli. Although the New York tabs had a field day --"Ivana be Alone Again" said the Post -- Ivana's lawyer said neither side has filed divorce papers. Perhaps that's because, according to the Post, an airtight prenuptial agreement prevents Mazzucchelli from claiming a share of the $25 million Ivana got when she divorced Trump. Ah, love...
...that he had spent months acquiring materials for the bomb and planning the attack, that he was the one who rented the Ryder truck used in the bombing, and that traces of explosives were found on his clothes, knife and earplugs when he was arrested. The case was not airtight--no one testified to seeing McVeigh make the bomb or seeing him at the crime scene--but the government made a very powerful presentation. To counter it, Jones had three strategies: raise the specter of a "real" bomber, or bombers, who had not been caught, attack the credibility...
...Jones has argued that the testimony of Elliott and Kessinger is unreliable, since they have been so inconsistent on the question of John Doe No. 2. The government insists that conflating Bunting's visit with McVeigh's was a harmless, understandable mistake and that the identification of McVeigh remains airtight...
Perhaps, given his amazing glibness, Clinton would have won in any case. But as remarkable and professional and airtight as the President's campaign was, the verdict at this remove is that Dole lost...