Word: pardons
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Washington last week at his reckoning. He has legal bills of more than $3 million, has seen four years of his life wasted, and now has been sentenced to six months in jail. Chances are slim for a successful appeal of his convictions for deceiving Congress. A presidential pardon is even more remote. Poindexter is the seventh person found guilty in this sad drama and the only one so far to be ordered to jail. He may keep that distinction...
...regrettable aspect is the lack of a trial. While the settlement will save the Government the cost of a lengthy proceeding, the deal will deprive the public of a chance to hear all the evidence in the largest white- collar case in U.S. history. "This is like the Nixon pardon," charges Michael Harkins, a New York City money manager. "We needed this case to go to trial because the charges against Milken went to the heart of our financial system...
...pardon me, this is the theory according to which you were a madman acting, or gambling, or whatever you want to call...
...first is the name. Peninsulae are connected to the mainland; this publication is certainly not. These right-wingers--pardon the teminology--are not on a peninsula of political thought, but an intellectual desert island...
...wake of the most-lopsided, most futile, and yes, pardon my bluntness, most boring Super Bowl ever, the San Francisco 49ers have reason to be pleased. But what they really feel will distinguish them from the other great teams is a record third straight Lombardi Trophy...