Word: helene
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...recent house dinner, Helen M. Fernald, daughter of Eliot's first master, presented her father's rowing oars to the house...
...retraction earlier this week as Europe and Britain reeled under the weight of consumer panic over "mad cow disease", a bovine brain sickness which may be linked to a similar illness in humans. The prospect of a ban has already devastated the England's cattle industry, reports TIME's Helen Gibson: "As national hamburger chains like McDonald's and Burger King canceled their British beef orders, cattle were left on the farm. Farmers who have tried to sell are unable to do so, but most are trying, hoping that demand will recover." With the ban now in place, British farmers...
...fertilization of roles people can play in the film industry." In other major awards, Nicholas Cage won best actor for his portrayal of a suicidal alcoholic in "Leaving Las Vegas." Susan Sarandon, who had been shut out after four previous nominations, won best actress for the role of Sister Helen Prejean in "Dead Man Walking." The actual Louisiana nun, who tried to reform a death-row inmate, was in the audience. In terms of genuine emotion, TIME's Attinger says, Sarandon's moment ranked with Mira Sorvino's win for best supporting actress for her portrayal of a prostitute...
...addition, the legal system is biased against the poor. Sister Helen states that a rich person will never sit on death row. This claim is quite believable when one compares O.J. Simpson's defense with one by an underprepared public defender who takes the case of a destitute defendant. And it seems especially unfortunate that when one has counsel that is incompetent in actuality (but not legally), potentially exculpatory evidence can arise too late for its acceptance by an appellate court due to temporal technicalities...
...criminal if truly astonishing evidence surfaces at the twelfth hour? Absolutely. But the chances of a governor granting a pardon, and facing the political repercussion of appearing "soft on crime," is minimal. Moreover, in cases of capital punishment, ethical interests tend to succumb to political ones. For example, Sister Helen claimed that Louisiana's clemency board was a direct extension of Governor Edwin Edwards' power. Granted, Louisiana has a reputation for being more corrupt than most places, but no place is impervious to corruption...