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...reason both sides were able to claim victory was that, in an unusual procedure, Federal Judge Abraham Sofaer had asked the jury to disclose its partial findings step by step instead of deciding all elements of the case before announcing a verdict. On their third day of deliberations, the jurors said that they interpreted the disputed paragraph, which reported on discussions Sharon had held with Lebanese Christian Phalangists before the massacre, as having a defamatory meaning. Two days later they announced their conclusion that the contested passage was false. In deciding last week for TIME on "actual malice," the third...
...other hand, Judge Sofaer's decision to have the jury announce its interim findings before reaching a final verdict bothered some. They felt it would encourage others to seek the partial vindication that might be claimed from even an unsuccessful suit. "Sharon got the jury saying TIME lied about him," said Robert Comstock, editor of New Jersey's Bergen County Record. "I think there are other officials who would like to have a jury say that too." To Eugene Roberts, executive editor of the Philadelphia Inquirer, "it was clearly a political suit." The trend toward such suits, he said, amounts...
Meanwhile, a partial rehabilitation of Stalin was under way in the Soviet Union as the country prepared to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the 1945 victory over Nazi Germany. For the first time since 1956, Stalin was being praised as a strategic genius and a superb wartime commander in chief. Says Stalin Biographer Robert C. Tucker: "The Soviet authorities evidently thought it was a good time for Stalin's daughter to come home." No doubt they were aware of her emotional turmoil. Anticipating that an official emissary from Moscow would be rebuffed by Svetlana, they apparently decided...
...partial dissent, Justice William Brennan warned that White's balancing act "portends a dangerous weakening of the purpose of the Fourth Amendment to protect the privacy and security of our citizens." James Weill, legal director of the Washington-based Children's Defense Fund, claimed that "the court hasn't been sufficiently protective of the unique status of children." Weill believes the court should offset children's vulnerability by giving them added rights and protections...
...movies, of course, have long been partial to contemporary and often controversial social issues. But families in crisis have become especially hot topics since last January, when Something About Amelia, an ABC movie about incest, won both critical applause and big ratings. In October, viewers proved again that they will watch sober-minded dramas dealing with unpleasant family matters: NBC's The Burning Bed, starring Farrah Fawcett as a battered wife, drew the fourth highest ratings of any TV movie in history...