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...star is involved in a classic “he said/she said” case—the kind that tends to be tough to prove and or tricky to defend. In cases like this, many defense attorneys resort to attacking the alleged rape victim’s credibility and blaming her promiscuity for the incident. In another high profile rape case in 1991, William Kennedy Smith, a nephew of Senator Edward M. Kennedy, was charged with raping Patricia Bowman at the Kennedy estate in Florida. His defense team hired private investigators to look into Bowman’s background...
...beliefs on people everywhere.” Because Bush assumed that bin Laden was motivated purely by his hatred of “America and other free nations,” his administration crafted a foreign policy based on aggressive, preemptive action. No longer would the United States merely defend itself from imminent threats, as we rightfully did in Afghanistan. Our leadership wanted the option to eliminate any threat that might become imminent, regardless of the uncertain consequences...
Once the team van was up and running, Harvard picked up where it left off, sweeping past third-seeded Penn State to successfully defend its ECAC title. The Crimson finished the tournament with a 25-0 run in which it lost just two sets in singles and only one doubles match...
...Rush Limbaugh has the right to choose his battles as he sees fit. Considering the fact that Jim Brown can call (Ohio State Athletic Director) Andy Geiger a "slave master" and no one in the media even blinks an eye, I don't blame Rush for declining to defend his opinions. Gregg D. Colahan Columbus, Ohio...
...Montt to sell his quasi-delusional version of the local paramilitary squads he helped form, which terrorized the countryside until the civil war ended in 1996. "I did nothing that can be considered a crime against humanity," he says. "In '82, we finally got people to organize themselves, defend themselves, take account of their dignity." The frg has pushed long overdue programs for the vast rural poor, but the frg-led government (headed by current President Alfonso Portillo, who is barred by law from another term) is tainted by scandals, including an alleged $44 million bilking of the federal social...