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AUTHOR: JEFFREY ARCHER...
...since four young football players from the local high school were accused in 1989 of luring a 17-year- old retarded girl into a basement and penetrating her with a broomstick handle and a baseball bat, while a group of friends watched. Last week three of those charged, Christopher Archer, now 20, and 21-year-old twins Kevin and Kyle Scherzer, were found guilty of sexual assault. All four, including Bryant Grober, 21, were convicted of conspiracy...
...lawyer questioned her, told a story full of contradictions and surprising affection for her attackers. Instead of sealing an acquittal, however, her testimony convinced the jury that the girl was incapable of informed consent and that the well-spoken young men sitting in the courtroom should have known better. Archer and the Scherzers could face sentences of up to 40 years. Since their lawyers plan appeals, Glen Ridge may not yet be able to close its wound altogether...
...have done." Ground zero is the House Ways and Means Committee, where lobbyists hover over the 38 members as they yank and pull at each spending proposal. "At Ways and Means, we're looking at the most important six months of the committee's existence," says Texas Congressman Bill Archer, the ranking Republican. "If lobbyists can organize so much turmoil over a little tax loophole, just imagine what they'll do with Clinton's plan...
...that support reflects disenchantment with the disarray and inertia that marked Bush's economic management. "A lot of Republicans felt that any number of things weren't being addressed by the Bush Administration and that we were drifting toward a depression," says Dwayne Andreas, chairman of agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland and a longtime G.O.P. stalwart. "People will be very patient with Clinton if he appears to be heading in the right direction," Andreas adds, "because it will take a lot of time to get the economy turned around and moving again...