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...ARTICLE "MAKING THE CASE" [SPECIAL REPORT, Oct. 16], we said that in August 1994, O.J. Simpson's lawyers discussed a plea bargain for manslaughter. We said one source said Simpson attorney Robert Shapiro and "F. Lee Bailey, the legendary trial lawyer brought on by Shapiro, were willing to entertain the idea." F. Lee Bailey denies that he ever considered the idea of a plea bargain. In fact, Mr. Bailey maintained the innocence of his client throughout the trial...
...seen several such gangs in the vicinity, but never once a police car or foot patrol--except of course for Yasser Arafat's visit. It is ironic that the one evening I've felt safe since the murder attempt was when Harvard rolled out the red carpet to entertain mass- murderer. Now we learn there was a rape, in early September, in mid-morning. But it was buried, too, as long as possible. Police Chief Johnson insists this is all "nothing to get alarmed about." Maybe if I'd been informed, and alarmed, I'd have been more careful myself...
...most heinous of them have been perpetrated? In welcoming a man such as Arafat, whose hands are not yet dry from the bloodshed of his all-too-recent career, the Harvard administration is setting a disturbing precedent. It would have been no less appropriate for the Kennedy School to entertain Saddam Hussein or Muammar Qadaffi...
...crucial difference between pursuing peace with a terrorist as a practical matter, and legitimizing him in decent society. In fact, it seems the only public figure to have grasped this distinction was New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. Giuliani tolerated Arafat's presence in his city but refused to entertain...
...place like Harvard, very few athletes entertain the possibility of playing professionally, but they compete because it is a release from the other rigors of life and they have a good time out on the playing field...