Word: defendent
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...President in his speech and St. Clair in his brief attempted to defend Nixon in some?but not all?of the most potentially damaging areas of evidence presented in the transcripts. An analysis of their contentions and of the transcript evidence in three key areas...
Making their final summations earlier last week, the lawyers for the defense and prosecution tried to shape the great mass of evidence to their own ends. To defend Stans, Walter Bonner, 48, wore a flamboyant brown and yellow plaid suit, and he brought along a courtroom style to match. Laughing, shouting, waving his arms, steaming with barely controlled indignation, Bonner put on a Chautauqua performance for four hours. He claimed that his client had been unfairly afflicted by the prosecution with the blight of "Vescoitis"-the implication that Stans had been controlled in thought and deed by Financier Robert Vesco...
Spartan State. Kissinger's shuttle diplomacy will have to take into account not only Cairo's increasingly independent role, but also the continuing unsettled political situation in Israel. Even while they watched the Golan Heights last week and alerted reservists to defend it, Israel's political leaders were busy trying to agree on a successor to Premier Golda Meir, who resigned two weeks ago. Labor Party leaders had a choice of selecting someone else, if the right supporting coalition could be found, or of asking Golda to continue with a caretaker government. In either case...
Tornillo lost both the election and his first court battle. After hearing the Florida attorney general say that he would not defend the state law, the Bade County circuit court dismissed Tornillo's complaint. But last summer the state supreme court ruled 6-1 that the lower court had erred. The majority opinion stated that "to assure fairness in campaigns, the assailed candidate has to be provided an equivalent opportunity to respond; otherwise, not only would the candidate be hurt, but also the people would be deprived of both sides of the controversy." The Herald appealed...
Finally, Moses called Boyle to the stand. As Boyle rose to defend himself, his air of dejection suddenly disappeared. Once again he showed the argumentative, cantankerous spirit that had marked his nine years as U.M.W. president. "Did I have anything to do with the murder?" he asked rhetorically. "Absolutely not. It was a shock to me. I usually work a 14-hour day, but I went home early that day and was sick...