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...Littleton, a psychiatric counselor from Boston, was also a previous suspect. He was granted immunity in return for testifying against Skakel before a grand jury in 1998. Thursday's proceedings leave the jury in recess while the court probes "third party suspect" evidence against Littleton and lays the groundwork for his cross-examination. While Littleton cannot be charged, audio and videotape evidence that he confessed to the murder to his ex-wife could help Skakel's case. "We are looking to introduce evidence that not only did Michael Skakel not commit the crime, but someone else did," says Sherman...
...hates to make this argument,” but that women must realize they all face a biological wall. At age 27 a woman’s ability to carry children begins to decline, and the only way to ensure a family life is to lay the groundwork early...
...director of financial aid, Monro laid the groundwork for the Student Employment Office and founded Harvard Student Agencies to help needy students pay tuition fees. Later he argued for a freshman seminar program...
...Mexicans, and that "it was the government of Mexico that followed up on the lead and made the arrest." The arrest comes at the best possible moment for the often rocky relations between the neighboring nations. President Bush is due to visit his Mexican counterpart on March 20. Laying groundwork for that visit, Hutchinson went to Mexico two weeks ago to meet with Attorney General Macedo and other top officials. There, he says, he reemphasize that the Bush administration placed top priority on the capture of Benjamin and Ramon Arellano Felix, who are indicted for drug trafficking in San Diego...
Around the same time, Melton and Powers—who met by chance at a social event—developed a professional relationship and began laying the groundwork for the unique Harvard-Boston IVF agreement to donate leftover embryos to Melton’s research, according to Boston IVF spokesperson Terry Davidson...