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Smith's lawyer, Roy Black, and some legal experts assert that Bludworth's motive was to avoid seeming soft on the Kennedy family. But there was more to it than that. During their eight-month investigation, the prosecutors became convinced that the woman was telling the truth about Smith, then a medical student at Georgetown University. Their problem was proving that in court...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Palm Beach Trial | 12/23/1991 | See Source »

...politically motivated. Governor Hernandez-Colon's stakes for issuing it were very high on a personal as well as partisan level. He knew that losing would mean his political death and gravely weaken the Popular Democratic Party. But he had no reason to expect defeat and was pressured to assert the validity of the commonwealth option as an alternative to statehood...

Author: By Tere Riera-carrion, | Title: A Campaign of Fear | 12/14/1991 | See Source »

...Judging by the empty corridors and the difficulties I used to have in reaching colleagues in January and May, we can safely assert that this aspect of the social contract is no longer honored," he continues...

Author: By Lan N. Nguyen, | Title: WANTED | 12/11/1991 | See Source »

...political climate of the late 1980s changed and the South African government began making some improvements in its treatment of Blacks, pressure for divestment subsided and attention shifted elsewhere. Additionally, HRAAA officials assert that the Young Report, which revised election rules, "tilted the playing field against [them...

Author: By Maggie S. Tucker, | Title: Overseers Redefine Role | 11/18/1991 | See Source »

...Indian Wants the Bronx, Joey (Mark Fish) and Murph (Blake Lewit) crash onto the stage belting "Baby, You Don't Care," Horovitz's over-obvious attempt to assert their alienation. These characters nearly explode with nervous energy, punching, teasing and jostling each other. When Joey and Murph realize that they are being watched by Gupta (Ganesh Ramakrishnan), a lost East Indian immigrant, they outdo each other trying to include him in their banter. Soon their nervous energy spins out of control, and their playfulness becomes destructive...

Author: By Deborah Wexler, | Title: Much More Than a Western Flick | 11/8/1991 | See Source »

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