Word: lessers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Through some adroit lawyering, Faal turned that mistake to a decisive advantage. Ordinarily, juries that fail to find a defendant guilty on a serious charge have the option of convicting on a lesser one not specified in the original indictment. At the conclusion of trial testimony, Faal took a crucial gamble. Exercising a right of defense, he moved successfully to have Judge John Ouderkirk instruct jurors that if they failed to convict Williams of premeditated attempted murder, they could not consider a lesser charge. That left jurors no choice between attempted murder and acquittal on that most serious count...
...interview immediately following thedebate, McKay said, "I don't think Melissa [Garza]can work effectively with everybody on thecouncil. I think Carey [Gabay] has the sameproblem to a lesser degree, a far lesser degree.Like I have said time and time again, I think I'mthe person who can deal with the council as awhole...
...play only breaks down with the members of the younger generation, who, as lesser characters in a play that focuses a lot on the past, seem somewhat stereotypical. Friend, as the sensitive hippie, seems somewhat obtrusive at times...
...addition to free product samples, the exhibition also offered free concerts featuring Inclined, Eve's Plum, Tribe and Get Set V.O.P. Also featured were lesser-known bands like Greta, who happily signed autographs after their performance. The bands set up with a minimum of fuss and an informality which set the tone for the night. The casual atmosphere made it extremely easy to talk to the bands. Also, the fact that one of the members of Greta had performed in a dress didn't hurt either...
...ironies of the peacemaking between Israel and the Palestinians is that it probably would not be happening if the power of Islamic fundamentalists had not become so ominous. The increasing strength of Hamas convinced Israel that it was time to strike a deal with the Palestine Liberation Organization, a lesser evil, while there was still a P.L.O. At the same time, Yasser Arafat and the P.L.O. could see that the fundamentalists were gaining on them and that the best way to stay in power was to show some result from their three decades of leadership in the Palestinian cause...