Word: loss
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Judge Richard Matsch has proscribed evidence he considered inflammatory. He wants the jury to make a reasoned decision based on fact, he said, and so he disallowed pictures of the victims' weddings, for example, and ruled that a nine-year-old boy, Clint Seidl, could not testify about the loss of his mother. The boy's "age and innocence," Matsch said, would make his testimony appeal too much to the emotions. But keeping emotions out of the proceeding was impossible, and jurors cried again and again. The prosecution's final witness was Clint's father Glenn, who read a statement...
...their anguish is lessened when the murderer is put to death. "What [survivors] are doing when they look for someone else's death is to deal with the crime and punishment," says Pat Bane, executive director of Murder Victims' Families for Reconciliation. "Instead, they need to deal with their loss and grief. That is where they find closure...
...greased skids can improve not only the health of waiting patients but also the firm's bottom line. Agouron spent the past 12 years pumping all its income--$56 million last year--into research on the technology and procedures later used to bring Viracept to market. Agouron's net loss last year was $19.5 million, and under normal FDA review, Viracept would still not have been able to earn money for several more years. Under the new rules, however, Agouron can profit immediately from sales of Viracept, which, as one of only four protease inhibitors currently revolutionizing AIDS treatments...
...saturation very real. Fortunately, overseas sales are robust and last year kicked in 59% of the company's $2.6 billion in operating income. But in the U.S. the $103 billion-a-year fast-food industry is slowing down, and McDonald's, far and away the leader, is feeling the loss of momentum hardest. Its stock has been a notable laggard, returning a paltry 1.2% to investors last year...
Perhaps with another year of experience, the Crimson will be able to avenge its loss to William & Mary and start a new trend at the East Regionals...