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Earlier this week, Benson dropped this controversial defense, in exchange for a guilty plea on the lesser charge of harassment. "I have long argued that there is no basis for the use of this defense," crowed Brooklyn District Attorney Elizabeth Holtzman, the prosecutor in the case. "The withdrawal of this defense is a signal that PMS is a defense without merit...
...Holtzman is absolutely right. In the first place, little is known about the medical ramifications of PMS. Headaches, depression, swollen arms and legs, severe abdominal pain and violent outbursts have all been cited as symptoms of the syndrome, which, manifesting a wide range of quirks in a wide range of women, apparently follows no consistent pattern or course. Therefore, the court would have had to accept on faith Santos's claims that her menstrual stress related to her behavior...
...histories and taking blood pressure and cholesterol readings, they can pick out children with high risk of developing coronary disease. But many doctors consider such efforts premature since the efficacy of preventive measures has not been absolutely proved in adults. There is another concern as well. Says Pediatrician Neil Holtzman of Johns Hopkins Hospital: "By labeling children or young adults and letting them live under the ax of coronary heart disease for the rest of their lives, the anxiety that is generated may be worse than the possible benefits of the treatment itself...
...Washington's most powerful urban voices; in Brooklyn. A whisky and wine merchant's son who thrived on New York City's combative clubhouse politics, Celler went to Capitol Hill in 1923, and over the next 50 years-until upset in a Democratic primary by Elizabeth Holtzman-became one of Congress's most influential big-city liberals. As chairman of the House Judiciary Committee for more than two decades, he was instrumental in shaping key civil liberties legislation, including the 1964 Civil Rights Act. A good Congressman, Celler once said, must have "the enthusiasm...
...Alan Cranston and Missouri's Thomas Eagleton won easily, while Colorado's Gary Hart barely beat back his Republican challenger, Mary Estill Buchanan and Vermont's Patrick Leaky seemed to have won by a hair. Two other Democrats refused to concede defeat on Election Night: Elizabeth Holtzman of New York and Incumbent Robert Morgan of North Carolina...