Word: committed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...asking me to commit political suicide...
CONVICTED. VINCENT GIGANTE, 69, a.k.a. "the Chin," bizarrely inventive Mob boss who tried to elude prosecution by claiming insanity, often roaming the streets in a bathrobe; of racketeering and conspiracy to commit murder; in New York City. He was acquitted on seven counts of murder...
...held in a 120-ft.-long marquee in Highgrove's meticulously tended gardens. Everyone was happy except perhaps the local vicar, who pointed out to the BBC a few days before the festivities that Charles as King would be an inappropriate Defender of the Faith if he continued to commit adultery. Didn't Henry VIII have this problem...
...response put the talks back into motion. "The Prime Minister was very clear about saying said he would do his best to prevent the project," said TIME's Lisa Beyer in Jerusalem. "That really helped." TIME's Dean Fischer adds that the U.S. may have convinced the Israelis to commit to a freeze on settlements in exchange for the peace talks. "The U.S. has been very active behind the scenes from the very beginning," he said. Both sides have sent representatives to Washington in recent days...
...YORK: Autumn Jackson was found guilty of attempting to extort money from Bill Cosby by threatening to tell tabloid newspapers she was his out-of-wedlock child. She was also convicted of conspiracy and crossing state lines to commit a crime, and faces up to 12 years in prison and $750,000 in fines. Co-defendant Jose Medina, 51, was convicted of the same three counts. A third defendant, Boris Sabas, 42, was convicted of conspiracy and crossing state lines, but acquitted of extortion charges. Jackson, 22, has portrayed herself as an innocent and abandoned child who merely wanted...