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Fast Facts About Amanda Knox • Born July 9, 1987, in Seattle, the daughter of Edda Mellas, a math teacher, and Curt Knox, a vice president of finance at Macy's; the couple divorced when Knox was a toddler...
...Perugia has been a disorienting place, with steep, winding alleys leading to brick dead ends or unexpected sky and mountain vistas. Guilty or not, Amanda Knox, the pot-smoking, alt Holly Golightly from Seattle, certainly lost her way. "I am looking and hoping for a positive outcome," her father Curt Knox told TIME in court. "There is the obvious possibility of her being found guilty, but as we listen to the defense closing arguments, we feel more positive...
...this world, arguments are as dangerous as radiation and as swift as ballistic missiles, as are the curt phrases that punctuate them. Later, I will hear the story of the 1984 Northwestern Tournament from the man who won it, Jonathan B. Wiener ’84. The other team spoke at length about Cuban refugees intercepted by US patrol boats. Wiener and his partner parried with their own counter-plan, but its significance eluded their opponents. “I guess you missed the boat,” the Harvard team quipped. The audience collapsed in hysterics. It ruined...
...attendance. There was John Conyers Jr., the veteran Congressman ("You're an American idol!"), and Greg Mathis, the popular TV judge ("I just love him!"). When Gregory turned to Dave Bing - the NBA legend, steel magnate and mayor of Detroit - her demeanor changed. All she could manage was a curt "Hello, Mr. Mayor" before moving on. Not that it mattered much to Bing. A minute later, the mayor, who seems to endure ceremony only because it comes with the title, departed the premises...
Knox's father, former Macy's executive Curt Knox, was in the courtroom, following the testimony with the help of an interpreter. "I'm very happy," he told TIME at the end of the day. "She's done a fantastic job. She has cleared up a lot of questions; for example, Why did she turn off her cell phone that night? She turned off her cell phone because she didn't want to get called back to work that night. She has nothing to hide...