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...Vesco, he has defied an order to appear before the grand jury, and a bench warrant was issued for his arrest. The SEC fraud suit is now before the courts; it seeks to halt further plundering from Investors Overseas Services. If this civil action is successful, the decision could well become the basis for a criminal suit against Vesco. Meanwhile, he is believed to be living in comfort in Costa Rica (see BUSINESS) and planning to become a citizen of that country...
...case had never reached the jury, the two were not declared innocent by acquittal, nor had they been vindicated by their defense based on the assertion of the people's right to know. Even so, the victory was so signal that as Byrne rose to leave the bench in U.S. district court in Los Angeles, the assemblage in the crowded courtroom rose, applauded and cheered him. Patricia Ellsberg rushed over to her stunned husband and asked plaintively: "Haven't you got a kiss for your girl?" (He had.) Defense Counsel Charles Nessen ostentatiously broke out a big cigar...
...what has been often overlooked is the club's overall depth. The Harvard bench could make up a better squad than most of the GBL contenders. For example when Larry Barbiaux, the starting second baseman at the season's start, quit the team, Ric LaCivita was there to fill in more than amply. When LaCivita injured his knee before the UMass contest, Jim Thomas came in to play...
Sanders, who was on eight of those championship teams, found himself on the bench for most of last season and contributed little to the team's 4-3 series loss in this year's NBA play-off semi-finals against New York...
...process of "utilizing Harvard," Niemans pursue a variety of academic and extracurricular activities. For example, current Nieman Bob Stanton, an AP science writer from the West Coast, spent much of the year as a bench regular in the Biology labs to observe and experience a scientist's milieu first-hand. Niemans Wayne Greenhaw of The Alabama Journal and Ed Williams, capitol correspondent for The Greenville, Miss. Delta-Democrat Times, offered an Institute of Politics seminar on Southern Politics. Another Nieman-sponsored course this Spring was a Quincy House seminar on journalism led by Bob Wyrick, a former Newsday reporter...