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...prosecution opened its murder case against O.J. Simpson by presenting witnesses and evidence intended to undermine his public image as a genial ex-jock with a portrait of a jealous wife abuser...
...prosecution opened its murder case against O.J. Simpson by presenting witnesses and evidence intended to undermine his public image as a genial ex- jock with a portrait of a jealous wife abuser. A detective testified about a 1989 beating incident; a friend recounted how Simpson had told him about dreams of killing his former wife; and his ex-sister-in-law sobbed as she detailed other instances of violence. Before testimony began, Judge Lance Ito had admonished defense attorneys in front of the jury for having violated witness-disclosure rules; Ito sanctioned the defense by allowing prosecutors to reopen their...
...enthusiastic, excitable man, Del Monaco is a hands-on operative with his casts. At a piano rehearsal for Boccanegra, a chorister who stepped in front of the hero received a genial tongue lashing. The hapless soprano assigned to cover for Kiri Te Kanawa should she get sick had a bad day, going left when she should have gone right, up the stairs when she belonged on the ground, picking a prop flower off cue. At the beginning of the glorious duet in which the heroine learns that Boccanegra is her father, she began playfully fingering his shirt. For the umpteenth...
Substituting for Larry King one night last week, Ross Perot gently prodded Bob Dole to proclaim his presidential candidacy on CNN. The Senate majority leader did not miss a beat: ``Maybe I should ask you that question. We could both announce it right here, together.'' That genial exchange underscored a vital issue about 1996. A Perot campaign would revive Bill Clinton's prospects while hurting Dole or any other Republican. Even as Perot maintains his tease, his advocacy group, United We Stand America, is seeking to form a new, center-right party...
...last, the biggest challenge for the prosecution isn't the missing murder weapon or the reliability of DNA evidence or the makeup of the jury. It's the defendant's smile. Whatever damage has been done in recent months to Simpson's image as the world's most genial jock, it will still be hard to make jurors put aside the old impressions of him. Unless they can imagine O.J. in a murderous rage, it won't matter even if the state offers them DNA blood tests with his autograph on every drop...