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...walked up to me. I believe he asked a question. He was talking to me. I don't remember exactly. I remember as he was walking toward me he was reaching into his left waistband with his right hand. He was still talking and pulling out a silver object which looked like the barrel of a gun. I was pulling out mine, pulling it up. I fired. I never had a chance to extend the gun. He was gone...
Torsney's partner had seen no "silver object." There was no weapon of any sort. An all-white jury found Torsney not guilty of murder by reason of insanity; they were convinced the officer had experienced a "psychotic episode" triggered by an epileptic disease so rare that medical experts had never heard of it. Torsney's first and last "Seizure" occurred the moment he killed the child. He was released from a mental ward in 1979 when doctors could find nothing wrong with...
...newsmen, French broadcasters have given prominent coverage to the Italian government's charges. In response, an aide to Soviet Ambassador to France Stepan Chervonenko sent a letter to all major French news organizations demanding "fair" treatment of the U.S.S.R. and accusing the French of making "our country the object of the most shameless defamation." The French press wasted no time in responding. Replied the conservative Paris daily Le Quotidien: "One can easily imagine the scandal that would ensue if a U.S. ambassador in France dared to send an insulting letter to all the newspapers, radio and television stations demanding...
...that has al ways eluded her: the perfect role. After purring and pouting her way through countless films as the sultry femme fatale who could resist anything but temptation, Bardot has turned herself into another French institution, the wise and slightly world-weary philosophe. Voila! At 48, the sex object has become...
Fraser said yesterday that the University has a right to object to questions that are not relevant. If the plaintiffs pursue the questions further, the courts may decide how much information Harvard must provide...