Word: martha
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...BABY PUT MS. MARTHA IN HER PLACE!" The prosecution's star witness spices up the trial of the domestic diva. Will Martha take the stand to refute...
...herself into a lather and barked, "Tell Peter Bacanovic I'll leave him and Merrill Lynch unless the hold music [is] changed." Then came the e-mail. On a large screen, Apfel projected an e-mail Faneuil had written to a friend in October 2001: "I just spoke to MARTHA! I have never, ever been treated more rudely by a stranger on the telephone." Later in the message, he wrote that Stewart complained about the phone manner of Merrill employees: "She made the most ridiculous sound I've heard coming from an adult in quite some time, kind of like...
...litigation department at the New York City--based law firm Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, says revealing the email backfired, and Apfel may have created a chasm between the two defense camps. "It seems to me it was never a particularly strong point for Bacanovic," says Markel. "And for Martha, it played completely differently. She just looks like an ogre...
...dissent, Justice Martha Sosman pointed out that even if Massachusetts allowed gay marriages, those marriages would still not be fully equal since "differences in Federal law and the law of other States will frustrate the goal of complete equality." What she meant is that even after Zach and Brad marry in Massachusetts, the couple will not be married in, say, Alaska, which has a constitutional amendment prohibiting same-sex marriages. (In all, 39 states have laws or amendments restricting marriage to straight couples.) What's more, the couple will not be married in the eyes of the Federal Government, which...
...CELEBRITY CASES GOING ON NOW. DO FAMOUS PEOPLE GET SINGLED OUT BY LAW ENFORCEMENT? You have to look at each case. I don't think Robert Blake was singled out. He has a unique case, and he claims he's innocent. We'll have to see. But I think Martha Stewart has been singled out for prosecution. They really dug pretty deep to bring charges against her, and I'd be surprised if she wasn't acquitted...