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...Faced with Hulett’s guilty plea, Judge Cashman—a Vietnam War veteran and former prosecutor known for handing down harsh sentences from the bench—found himself up against a classic dilemma: seek rehabilitation or settle for retribution. In this case, a bizarre twist in Vermont law made the choice particularly stark. Because Hulett was classified as “low risk” by the state corrections department, he would be ineligible to receive mental health treatment in a traditional prison. To get Hulett into a treatment program, Judge Cashman had to keep...
...students are leaving their long johns and down jackets behind, opting for a leaner, more compact look. “There is more of a streamlined, tapered look,” O’Neill said. “I think it’s a more sophisticated and classic style.” To capture this look, girls often tuck their pants into thin riding boots or rain boots and choose light jackets over thicker coats. “The warm temperatures have allowed me to wear more jackets over thin shirts and I wear a lot of legging...
...sequel to the 1942 classic “Bambi,” featuring the Prince of the Forest as a well-intentioned but clueless single dad and Bambi himself dealing with bullies and girls, isn’t enough to drive you to drink, I don’t know what...
...Fear Eats the Soul,’ there’s more truth in that title than most whole films.” Would hearing a pretentious Production Assistant declaiming these words—a reference to a classic film by German filmmaker Rainer Warner Fassbinder—induce peals of laughter? If you answered yes, then “Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story” is the perfect movie...
...Conversations with three physicians, none of whom has any direct information about Mr. Whittington's condition other than what they've read or seen in the press, suggest that the Texas lawyer did not suffer a heart attack in the classic sense most of us think of one-in which a clot blocks the blood flow of an artery. Instead, it appears Whittington suffered some damage-that could easily be temporary-to part of his heart muscle from bird shot, which lodged in or near the heart...