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...Fear a Jury of Your Peers Most people think that juries are more likely than judges to let defendants off the hook. The conventional wisdom, however, may be dead wrong
...which the literary establishment would say, "Really? It took that long?" And he claimed he didn't have "readers" but "customers," who were much more reliable. His writing credo also had a mercenary tinge to it: "The first chapter sells the book; the last chapter sells the next book." Hook the sucker quick, then make him come back for more...
...Fear a Jury of Your Peers Most people think that juries are more likely than judges to let defendants off the hook. The conventional wisdom, however, may be dead wrong
...Fear a Jury of Your Peers Most people think that juries are more likely than judges to let defendants off the hook. The conventional wisdom, however, may be dead wrong
...learn the trumpet, and I took a lot of crap from my schoolmates." There was a long-term political benefit, however: Tester, who is the Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate from Montana, has the most distinctive hand wave in American politics, a thumb-and-pinkie hook-'em-horns waggle. Indeed, Tester's physical presence-he's a big old farm boy with a flattop crew cut-is a political statement that stands close to the heart of the national Democratic congressional campaign of 2006. It says, I'm not a slick Washington guy. I'm a Montana farmer. After...