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...After such an event, anyone persisting in maintaining Simpson's innocence would have been exposed as a fool or a knave. The interview and book would have been valuable public assets to rub in the face of those who carried out the original travesty - Simpson's lawyers, his defenders and, above all, the jury - and those who continue to believe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why We Should Let O.J. Speak | 11/21/2006 | See Source »

...plans, however, are set awry when the embezzler slanders the name of Jane Otterburn, a beautiful puritanical woman with hints of deep sexuality, and Simon challenges the knave to a duel...

Author: By Emily G.W. Chau, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: An Old-Fashioned Romance | 3/1/2006 | See Source »

Their parents, Bill and Wanda Grimes, weren't thrilled when Billie's smack-the-knave impulses propelled her into the Army. She coped with their resistance to her ambition by simply not telling them when she joined the reserves in college. She liked it so much, she signed up for active duty after graduating. Christopher followed her lead, though their parents also opposed his enlistment. Now, with Billie in Baghdad, Wanda, 46, finds herself tensing up every morning at 6, the traditional time that families are notified of military casualties. She and her husband begin and end each day with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Role Model For Baby Brother | 12/29/2003 | See Source »

...evidence is completely absurd," he said last week. Senior British intelligence officials have backed him up, so the more probable explanation of why no weapons have materialized is either an overestimation before the war or an incompetent search since. Better for Blair to be a fool than a knave, but not by much; if his judgment was faulty on his casus belli, his leadership will be suspect. Despite the paltry results so far of the search for Iraq's banned weapons, he continues to insist that his prewar WMD claims will be vindicated. "You are just going to have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No WMD Spells Trouble For Tony | 6/9/2003 | See Source »

...spotlight. Bob Kim, in the role of the judicial King, does a splendid job, projecting a magnificent aura of power. As the mother of the wayward Count, Natasha Kruger similarly carries herself strongly and proudly, while adding a classy feminine quality to her role. The self-proclaimed fool and knave of the show, Alden Stock '96, provides hilarious comic turns throughout the play--whether he is performing gymnastic stunts or swing-dancing with members of the audience, he is sure to amuse. And in the performance of Tom Brown '99 as Parolles, the haughty coward shines through clearly. The rest...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The 'Ends' Justify Quincy's Means | 3/14/1996 | See Source »

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