Word: grave
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Still, the au pair will depart with a stinging dissent ringing in her ears: "As a felon convicted of a grave act of child abuse, Woodward should not in the future be entrusted with the care of the children of others," wrote the naysaying Justice Greaney. There was, he added, a need to prevent her from selling her story. A fine sentiment -- however, that will now be for the British press to decide...
...from Louisiana. Think of all the black widows and blond minxes from old film noir, give them the mouth of a Quentin Tarantino tough, and you have Dedee--not only in your face but down your throat. In the film's first 15 minutes, she desecrates her stepfather's grave, runs away from home with her one-testicled boyfriend, dumps him to visit her gay half brother, seduces his boyfriend and declares she's pregnant. To top it off, Dedee is the movie's narrator: a man eater who in other films would be gazed at and gossiped about...
WASHINGTON: Does the attorney-client privilege extend beyond the grave? Is your lawyer allowed to keep your conversations secret after you die? Believe it or not, the Supreme Court is only just getting around to tackling this basic, if morbid, legal issue. Prosecutor Ken Starr, wearing his Whitewater hat, asked the Justices Monday to require attorney James Hamilton to turn over notes relating to one ex-client in particular -- the late Vince Foster. Hamilton begged the court not to cut off the sacred attorney-client privilege at the moment of death: "People do care," he said, "about their reputations...
...independent counsel could send shock waves through the legal profession. A Starr victory, for example, could unseal files in the century-old case of accused ax murderer Lizzie Borden. Just how many cans of worms could Starr be opening? One right you will always have, even beyond the grave: To remain silent...
...Prize poet, first read the Four Quartets (Eliot's World War II poem) in the Army-base library in Verona, Italy. "I loved the music; I loved the investigation of the past," he says. "The sound of it was so beautiful to me." The voice of the Quartets--meditative, grave, sorrowful, but also dry, experienced and harsh--has been important to poets from Wright to John Ashbery, because it allowed the conversational tone of everyday life to enter into the discussion of the deepest subjects...