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...were unable to soften the impact of the testimony. Although many experts predict McVeigh's only chance at avoiding the death penalty is to take the stand, Cole says that's not likely. Instead, his defense will try to rely on testimony from McVeigh's father and sister, and pin their hopes on an appeal on the jury's guilty verdict...
...outskirts of the tiny desert town of Pahrump, Nevada (pop. 7,400), about 50 miles from Las Vegas. There, Bell sits at a telephone console, punching buttons to take incoming calls. Playing a mildly aggressive but avuncular host, he rarely interrogates or challenges his callers. "Instead of trying to pin them against the wall 60 Minutes-style," he says, "I help them tell their story...
...Annapolis, who sent it to her after he read accounts that the brutal Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic had apparently named one of his goats after the then U.N. ambassador. In 1994, when reports circulated in the Iraqi press calling Albright a serpent, she decided to wear the snake pin--in lieu of a name tag--when meeting with Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz. Albright says the bumblebee reminds her of Muhammad Ali's motto, "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee," which could well be her slogan too. Look for the balloon when the Secretary is feeling...
During the day, Tommy's is suspiciously empty, except for some stragglers who thought they had walked into Siam Garden, but decided to stay for a game of pin-ball. And it is no wonder why. We desire pizza, but we have other options before one in the morning and therefore need not stoop to Tommy's. Beer aside for a moment, we desire pizza on all days of the week, whether we are making our way back from Lamont or rehearsal. And miraculously, Tommy's is busy every night until closing at three a.m. No self-respecting sober person...
...turns out, $20 Million isn't really about McGowan. But he's not alone in wondering whether his life has been turned into pulp fiction. Half the San Francisco Bay Area, it seems, is busy playing pin-the-tale-on-the-programmer with pre-release copies of what may turn out to be the Primary Colors of Silicon Valley...