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...seedy” history and its significant place in the broader story of American history. He tells of a time when traveling Dutchmen confused Harvard for a tavern, and when William Stoughton, Class of 1650—who donated ?1000 to the building of Stoughton Hall—helped convict George Burroughs, Class of 1670, during the Salem witch trials. Schlesinger describes how students were already debating about slavery during Commencement in 1773, how U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, Class of 1880, revolutionized the rules for modern football based on his undergraduate experiences, and how University President James B. Conant, Class...
...extremely nervous. As a print journalist, I rarely appear on TV, and knowing that everyone back home would be watching--and, I hoped, seeing me help convict a man who is still regarded as a hero in some quarters--didn't help me overcome my stage fright...
...threat of such a persuasive, publicly subversive figure, according to the non-binding Italian report, that put Wojtyla in the Soviets' firing line. A hired Turkish assassin, Mehmet Ali Agca, was convicted of shooting the Pontiff in St. Peter's Square on May 13, 1981. (After briefly being released earlier this year, Agca is back in an Istanbul prison serving time for an earlier killing of a Turkish journalist). Italian prosecutors long held that the Bulgarian secret service was working for Soviet military intelligence, but an Italian court held that the evidence was insufficient to convict the Bulgarians...
...major stumbling block. "Building trust at the grass-roots level would go a long way toward solving these witness issues," says homicide prosecutor Lisa Goldberg. But, prosecutors say, they simply don't have the luxury of waiting for that bond with the community to develop before trying to convict criminals. In the absence of trust, sometimes the only solution is to put as much pressure on witnesses as the thugs...
...actor, comedian and brother of Oscar winner Sean Penn; of unknown causes; in Santa Monica, California. Best known as Nice Guy Eddie, the gauche son of a crime boss in Reservoir Dogs, Penn played roles on both sides of the law-a cop in Starsky and Hutch and a convict in Rush Hour. His latest movie, The Darwin Awards, premiered last week at the Sundance Film Festival...