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...evidence of a planting theory "slim" but explained that Fuhrman's plea of no contest to perjury gave him no choice. While declaring that he didn't want "grandiose theories placed before a jury," Fujisaki handed the defense several other plums. Among the items they will be allowed to contend were planted as part of a frame-up: blood belatedly gathered from a gate at Nicole Brown Simpson's condominium, bloody socks found in Simpson's bedroom and blood gathered from the Ford Bronco two weeks after the murders. Still, says Los Angeles civil attorney Sandy Astor, "this ruling...
...Christian values according to whom? And where in the Christian Bible is hatred considered laudatory? Isn't the Golden Rule to "love thy neighbor?" It seems that Peninsula's world view, like that of the Catholic Church during the Spanish Inquisition, comprehends legitimacy only as autocratic sanction. Moreover, they contend that office space, which is a good measure of institutional sovereignty on this campus, should only be doled out to "God-fearing conservatives." What is even more outrageous is that the Reverend Peter Gomes, who presides over Memorial Church, serves as a punching bag for Peninsula rather than a moral...
Lawsuits happen even in the best-kept homes. Hyperhomemaker Martha Stewart has been taken to court by a gardener, Renaldo Abreu, for overtime pay. He maintains that Stewart never paid him for nonhorticultural tasks, such as cleaning up after the cat. Stewart's lawyers contend that agricultural workers aren't entitled to overtime and his $56,000 salary was fair...
Whenever the Big Red (4-5, 0-1) plays tough teams, the offense seems not to score. Cornell has been shut out by Princeton, Rider and most recently, Syracuse and Boston College. Cornell did beat Columbia, 4-1, and Millersville, 3-2, but that won't help the team contend for the crown...
Vinik typified the dual problem Fidelity has struggled with recently. On the one hand, it has had to contend with disappointing performance; on the other, it has come under criticism for being too unpredictable in its investments. Magellan underperformed because Vinik put an enormous chunk of the fund in bonds, believing that stocks were overvalued. Stocks kept going up, and Magellan's relative return suffered. The results numbers aside, there was the question of what Vinik was doing investing so heavily in bonds in the first place, since Magellan is supposed to be a diversified stock fund...