Word: ito
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...their pets, as with Gus, the slobbery Labrador who has been barking at former presidential candidate Phil Gramm for staying too long on the campaign trail. Lamar Alexander, though, is a cat person, and when his family acquired two new kittens last year, he dubbed them Kato and Ito, a hopeful play on the potential of fame. For the past year, as Alexander struggled to win the attention of Republican-primary voters, he would flash his chin-up smile and explain that he was "encouraged by the experience of Kato Kaelin that it's possible these days to get very...
...identity, Dyson seeks connections with other minority groups, such as feminists, gays and Latinos. The O.J. Simpson trial was seen by many as a symbol of racial strife; Dyson sees some hope. "Its major players are a virtual rainbow of color, gender, ethnicity, and class," he says. "Judge Lance Ito is Asian-American. Johnnie Cochran is African-American. Marcia Clark is a white woman. And Robert Shapiro, like Clark, is Jewish. A judicial landmark is being constructed by people who a few decades ago couldn't stand equally together in the same court...
WHEN A CIRCUS GOES AWRY, IT IS USUALly the fault of the ringmaster. Judge Ito was not able to keep the sideshows under control, and as a result the knife thrower got away with murder. This was not justice; this was a travesty. MARE-LIIS BALLES , Agincourt, Ontario...
...DEFENSE OF JUDGE LANCE ITO, WHOM you accuse of taking time "to usher celebrities into his chambers," let me offer a personal experience. My wife Lynne was found to have a malignant brain tumor in October 1994, when she was 35 years old. She followed the Simpson proceedings religiously as a diversion from her own death sentence. After learning of Lynne's case, Judge Ito offered her seats in the courtroom. On July 25, she accepted and spent the afternoon session in court as his guest. Upon her arrival, Judge Ito invited her into his chambers, and during the afternoon...
...probably only a matter of time before Judge Lance Ito and Marcia Clark rear their fearsome heads, too. We'll check the Ticketmaster hot line and keep you posted...