Word: appealling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...newspapers will probably appeal the verdict, citing the First Amendment. But even if overturned, the verdict will heat up a simmering debate over whether a reporter's promise of anonymity is absolute. "My responsibility is to readers," argues David Hall, editor then of the Pioneer Press & Dispatch and now of the Bergen (N.J.) Record, in defense of his decision. But critics point out that Hall could have kept the bargain with Cohen by simply attributing the information to a "Whitney supporter." "This is a very simple case," says Hennepin County Chief Public Defender William Kennedy, a Democrat. "A promise...
...decision, Iraq bombed an Iranian nuclear-power facility at the gulf city of Bushire. Three days later, Baghdad launched new attacks along the 730-mile border between the two countries in an obvious attempt to gain more leverage in cease-fire negotiations. In response, Tehran radio broadcast an appeal for able-bodied men to go to the front...
Judge Brinkema was unconvinced. If Hudson did not have enough evidence to charge Hawamda with plotting murder, she ruled, Hawamda could not be denied bail on that charge. He was ordered released on $250,000 bond, but remained in custody pending an appeal by Hudson early this week...
...World Apart ends tragically. But the ending is not a statement of futility. It is an appeal with bite, pleading that South Africa not be forgotten 25 years later, since conditions have not improved...
...spicy as a Danielle Steele novel on the same subject, but Rossiaud's study does provide several interesting anecdotes about the lives of medieval women of the night. While the topic may appeal more to the medieval historian than to the random reader, Rossiaud's writing style is light enough that the study is one many can enjoy...