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Socialite Claus von Bulow did not testify during the retrial which acquitted him last year because his legal advisers wanted the jury to focus on medical rather than "soapopera testimony," said von Bulow's lawyer, Professor of Law Alan M. Dershowitz in his upcoming book, "Reversal of Fortune...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dershowitz Writes Book On Von Bulow Defense | 2/5/1986 | See Source »

...hearings; many members never read the measure that gave away their responsibilities, but they overwhelmingly voted for it; final approval came at 10:15 p.m. on the eve of the prospective default, and then it was soon time to go home for Christmas. Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: A Bad Idea Whose Time Has Come | 2/3/1986 | See Source »

Dershowitz--a die-hard Celtics fan who had never missed a Celtics playoff game--was in the midst of defending Danish socialite Claus Von Bulow against murder charges while last year's Celtics-Sixers semi-final playoff series was being played. The jury was out and was expected to return at any moment when the players took the floor for the sixth and final game...

Author: By Daniel B. Wroblewski, | Title: Watching the Super Bowl: A Constitutional Right | 1/22/1986 | See Source »

...This is a Christmas tree, and this is Santa Claus at the gate." The tree is discernible; Santa Claus is not. Of a figure standing outside the ladder structure, Michael says, "This is a girl going to my house, and this is a monster kissing her." He is asked, "Where are you in the picture?" He points to the center of the green square. "I am inside the house looking out," he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Christmas Story | 12/30/1985 | See Source »

...aboard. It is the first of many astonishments in The Polar Express + by Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton Mifflin; $15.95). Other surprises include club cars full of similarly dazed children in pajamas and nightgowns, woods full of wolves and, finally, the frozen sea of the polar ice cap--Santa Claus country. Van Allsburg has given the commonplace a legendary air, and the boy's return seems every bit as gilded as the elves, Santa's airborne sled and the homeward-bound express train, with its conductor, instead of announcing stations, calling out the best destination of all: "MERRY CHRISTMAS...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Shelf of Small Wonders | 12/23/1985 | See Source »

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