Word: johnson
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...explanation for the shootings, but a classmate said one of the boys had recently broken up with his girlfriend. A third boy, thought to have pulled the alarm, is still being sought. The dead students, all girls, have been identified as Natalie Brooks, Paige Ann Herring and Stephanie Johnson, all 12, and Brittany R. Varner, 11. Teacher Shannon Wright, 32, died after surgery. Nine of the wounded were also girls...
...miles--closer than any previously observed asteroid of that size but a comfortable distance. Still, the incident focused attention once and for all on the largely ignored danger that asteroids and comets pose to life on Earth. As Los Alamos senior scientist Greg Canavan put it, paraphrasing Dr. Samuel Johnson, "Nothing so clears the mind as the sight of the gallows...
...apocryphal, but it captures the no-nonsense style of the judge who will play a key role in shaping Kenneth Starr's investigation of Clinton. Witnesses have tangled with Starr over a host of issues, including Executive privilege and immunity. As chief judge of Washington's federal district court, Johnson must resolve these disputes and decide how far Starr...
...Johnson, 65, attended Georgetown University law school at night while working as a public school teacher. After stints in the Justice Department's civil division and on the D.C. Superior Court, she was named to the federal bench by Jimmy Carter. Johnson has acquired a reputation for tilting strongly in favor of the government. In 1996 an appeals court reversed a decision of hers and, after citing her hostility to the defendant's lawyer, took the rare step of ordering that a different judge take over the case. She is also known for a testy courtroom manner. Last Friday...
...next few weeks, Johnson will have to make some very important judgments. White House aide Bruce Lindsey, a lawyer, is hoping Executive privilege will protect him from answering Starr's questions. Lewinsky's first lawyer, Francis Carter, is claiming attorney-client privilege. Ginsburg is arguing that Starr should be forced to honor an earlier immunity deal with Lewinsky. And Clinton lawyer David Kendall wants Johnson to plug grand jury leaks he says are coming from Starr. During Watergate, John Sirica used the same judicial perch to prod along the investigation of President Nixon. Court watchers familiar with Johnson...