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...Elam. About half of the people who filled the courtroom that morning remained for the afternoon session. Emeka Ezera stood in the jury box to hear the charge. All of the people who were to testify on behalf of the defense and prosecution stood as the bailiff presented the oath. The judge ordered all witnesses sequestered, with the exception of Joan McGaw, the victim and plaintiff...
...from top Textron and Bell officials, who might have told Miller of the bribes, by simply granting them immunity. Civiletti insists more witnesses will be called before the grand jury and "where necessary, their testimony compelled." Until they are, the question of whether or not William Miller lied under oath is unlikely to be resolved...
...agree with Drs. Curran and Cass-cells [Feb. 4] that for physicians to be involved in administering lethal injections in cases of capital punishment "would constitute a cruel and unusual breach of medical ethics." The Hippocratic oath-already eroded by legalized abortion -would be further undercut, and the physician's historic mission as healer would again be compromised by such a death-dealing task...
...issues the decision is clear. The question is one of character. Kennedy has endured scrutiny of his psyche like no other candidate in history. He has answered all questions about and taken responsibility for all of his actions. He testified under oath about his behavior at Chappaquiddick and despite every attempt, moral and immoral, ethical and unethical, to disprove his story, no one has ever done so conclusively. Those looking for insight into his character would do better looking at two decades of support for blacks, Hispanics and native Americans than at one more analysis of the tidal currents under...
Banisadr also won a battle against the ambitious mullahs who resented the rise of a layman to a position of such importance in the revolution. They tried to postpone the oath-taking ceremony until after elections to the National Assembly next month. But Iran's strongman, Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini, who has been hospitalized for three weeks following a heart attack, ordered the ceremony to proceed immediately. Khomeini himself administered the oath of office to Banisadr at the Heart Hospital in north Tehran...