Word: janet
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...against the Guatemalan military, was fire-bombed on Friday. The explosion outside the lawyer's Washington home raised fear of a terrorist vendetta. New Jersey Representative Robert Torricelli, a backer of Harbury's efforts to uncover the truth behind the death of her Guatemalan rebel husband, asked Attorney General Janet Reno to open an investigation. A Guatemalan army spokesman denied that the military was involved. On Saturday at least one shot was fired at Harbury's Washington home. She was not at there at the time. The FBI said there appeared to be no connection between the two incidents...
...movie, written by David and Janet Peoples, begins in the year 2035. Most of the world has been killed by a virus that broke out in 1997. Cole (Bruce Willis) is sent back in time to find out what went wrong. Landing in a loony bin, he is aided by a nice doctor (Madeleine Stowe) and beset by a canny inmate (Brad Pitt, in a funny turn full of wild hand gestures, as if shaking off imaginary water). Can Cole fulfill his mission and save the planet...
This year the U.S. Department of Justice gave Areeda the John Sherman Award in recognition of his contribution to the field of antitrust law. Attorney General Janet Reno, speaking at the award ceremony, called Areeda "a guiding light and an inspiration to generations of lawyers, economists, judges and Supreme Court justices. His writings and teachings have furthered the cause of economic freedom and opportunity as a central principle in American society...
...were fortunate, praise the Lord, but this is not over," says Roberson. He intends to file a civil suit against the state, seeks the release of those in prison and supports a local campaign to have the U.S. Justice Department investigate. Indeed, Attorney General Janet Reno has asked her civil rights division to review the case under laws against misusing public office to deprive citizens of their due-process rights; a report is due after Christmas. But it is unclear whether the proofs necessary to convict Perez and others are available in Wenatchee. A state appeals court may free those...
...contrast to the sports-and-celebrity-heavy format of its early days, the newscast now stresses social issues of interest to young people, with enterprising stories on the homeless, teens in prison and endangered wolves. It has featured interviews with Janet Reno, Benazir Bhutto and Mikhail Gorbachev--who dropped by Channel One's Hollywood studio for the chat. The news program won a prestigious Peabody Award for its coverage of aids, and in 1994 beat out such network competition as Prime Time Live for an award at the Chicago Film Festival...