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...Sunday in Atlanta. The state's key witness, DUANE FASSETT, had driven the alleged getaway car. Pale and hyperventilating on the stand, he backed off earlier claims that he saw Lewis throw a punch and overheard co-defendants REGINALD OAKLEY and JOSEPH SWEETING admit to stabbing someone. The flip-flop testimony raised questions about whether cops rushed judgments and overlooked evidence. Prosecutors are trying the patience of Judge Alice Bonner, and may wind up resting their case this week without linking Lewis to a murder weapon. Observers say they would not be surprised if the judge directed a not-guilty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Law: How to Sack a District Attorney | 6/12/2000 | See Source »

...there is always a risk that the show will flop, and ours certainly had no guarantee of success," Rudenstine said in May. "We faced--almost inevitably--a profusion of potential difficulties...

Author: By Daniel P. Mosteller, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Crowning Year: Capital Campaign Wraps Up | 6/8/2000 | See Source »

...could flip-flop that question. How bad do I want Letterman? The only conversations we've had are on the show. I like to think he's fond...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sarah Jessica Parker | 6/5/2000 | See Source »

...search for "Party of Five" final episode tapes has flopped miserably. Oh well. I guess it was definitely a ratings flop. That or no one tapes things anymore. Ever notice the blank video-cassette section of stores like CVS has shrunk to a pitiful small quantity...

Author: By Daryl Sng, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: In The Mix | 5/19/2000 | See Source »

...just hired to write the songs for Hello, Dolly! (starring Carol Channing, pictured with Merrick), entering his blood-red office for the first time. A jokester who used rave quotes by ordinary people (who had the same names as the seven Broadway critics of the day) to advertise a flop show of his in a full-page New York Times ad, a loving father, a ladies' man--the dictator who forced me to write Before the Parade Passes By overnight on a tinny hotel piano during a blizzard in Detroit and got it into the show, costumes and sets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eulogy: DAVID MERRICK | 5/8/2000 | See Source »

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