Word: loreans
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...trial of Automaker John Z. De Lorean on cocaine-trafficking charges was nearly short-circuited last week by eight white envelopes. Six jurors and two alternates in the ten-week-old trial acknowledged that they had received unsolicited copies of a House report that was highly critical of the kind of FBI "sting" operation that snared De Lorean. The material came from the office of California Congressman Don Edwards, chairman of the subcommittee that prepared the study. Edwards said the copies were posted in response to what seemed a routine request from a San Francisco letter writer to forward...
...joke, the opera is not over until the fat lady sings. In the trial of John De Lorean for conspiracy to distribute co caine, one courtroom observer noted last week, "It all comes down to the fat man." The fat man is James Timothy Hoffman, the Government informant who helped orchestrate the video taped hotel-room negotiations in October 1982 that are key to the Government's charges against De Lorean. Defense Lawyer Howard Weitzman, having rattled a previous Government witness, predicted confidently, "I'm going to chop Hoffman up into little pieces...
...British government is learning to beware of Americans bearing jobs. First, John De Lorean's sports-car venture went bankrupt in 1982, taking with it 2,600 Belfast jobs and $156 million in British financing. Now, development of the Lear Fan 2100 turboprop corporate plane has stalled, after burning up as much as $80 million in British aid. More than 90% of the 365 workers at the main Lear plant near Belfast got the news last week that they would be laid off July 1. Reason: the developers are low on cash and more than a year behind schedule...
Fort Walla Walla is no more. A monument has replaced the doomed mission. But in the Eastgate Plaza shopping mall, just catercorner from Walla Walla's only De Lorean Motor Car dealership, the Army has stationed its missionary. Sergeant First Class Patrick Yasenak is a recruiter, and he has done very well. In fact, the Pentagon brass have made it official that he is exemplary, perhaps the best among their 4,797 Regular Army proselytizers: a few weeks ago, in a ceremony at his Eastgate Plaza office on a sunny day as crisp as cold soda, Recruiter...
...admission led De Lorean's attorneys to request a dismissal on the ground of destruction of evidence. Tisa returned to the stand the next day and claimed he had not destroyed evidence. "You mean you lied yesterday?" challenged Weitzman. "No, I did not lie," Tisa said, "I was mistaken." He said that he had only disposed of "personal working notes" and that he had accidentally dated some entries 1983 although they were written in 1982. The agent admitted that he had been vehemently chastised by Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert Perry for his careless testimony the day before. Said Tisa...