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...former wife of Sen. Edward W. Brooke (R-Mass.) asked the court Monday to charge him with contempt of court for allegedly failing to live up to the settlement that ended their 31-year marriage...
Lawyers for Remigia Brooke filed a contempt complaint in Middlesex Probate Court charging that Brooke has failed to pay his ex-wife $15,000 in alimony for the month of July. The suit was filed six weeks before Brooke comes up for election...
Although the Today Show told the nation Wednesday morning that Edward J. King's victory was an Eastern ripple effect from the tidal wave of California's Proposition 13, enough local commentators have since correctly assessed King's victory as a mere confirmation of the intensity of the contempt with which Massachusetts liberals hold Michael Dukakis...
...Jersey Supreme Court upheld criminal contempt charges against Myron Farber and The New York Times, rejecting arguments that the first amendment allows a reporter to shield notes and confidential sources. The right of the defendant in the murder case, Dr. Philip Jascelevich, to subpoena testimony in his defense overrides Farber's rights of confidentiality, the court said...
...tawdry roman à clef aspects aside, W.E.B. is not without its amusingly smarmy moments. This show's view of the industry is even more vicious than Network 's. According to Bolen, TV is run by sex-crazed, alcoholic, pill-popping men whose contempt for the public is exceeded only by their contempt for each other. "Television is a monster that never stops eating," explains one of them. True enough, but W.E.B. gives viewers that rare opportunity to watch television throw...