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...DeLay's allies to dismiss signs of erosion in his support early last week when they were largely confined to criticism by moderate Republican Congressman Chris Shays, often a voice of dissent within the ranks. But it was more difficult after 10 former Congressmen, all Republicans, signed a letter to House Speaker Dennis Hastert imploring him to reverse recent revisions in the House rules that were apparently designed to shield DeLay from being investigated by the ethics committee. What's more, conservative Tom Tancredo of Colorado, while professing his confidence in DeLay's innocence, told his hometown paper that...
...conscience. Ross's public defenders have told him that he could have an additional 5 to 10 years of appeals left and that his mental instability might win him commutation to life without parole. But for Ross, who wept at how few responses his more than 200 goodbye letters to pen pals and supporters elicited, the prospect of yet another penalty hearing, with its gory photos, censorious prosecutors and vengeful family members, seems a punishment worse than death. "Do you have any idea what it is like to [be] constantly judged by your absolute worst deed?" he wrote...
...York Governor Mario Cuomo sent a letter of congratulations to the Haraps, along with an I Love NY T shirt in Lisa's size. Mother and daughter appeared on a TV interview show in New York City, and numerous requests to film Lisa were received by her agent. But, says Kathleen, "they wanted a baby the same age as Lisa on the cover. By then, she had changed so much, she was no longer the right type...
...played a psychologist so memorably. Did people ever assume you could dispense advice? I did get a letter from a woman who said her son was having problems. They went to the boy and said, "We think we should go to therapy." And he said, "Will he be like that man on television?" So that's when I felt we were having a positive impact...
...ancestry.com classmates.com and rootsweb.com At the library, look up the Millers' old addresses in the R.L. Polk directories, which provide census information back to the 1930s, and check the New York Times indexes (available online for a fee) for obituaries and marriage notices. Another possibility is Social Security's letter-forwarding service...