Word: pinning
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...that moments later he saw a white utility vehicle speeding away from the scene. Though this tightens the race Simpson would have had to make between Nicole's house and his own, Heidstra is a strong witness. "Some of us always thought it was a mistake to pin the murders to 10:15," a former Simpson prosecutor says. "[Heidstra's] story has always been consistent...
While the question was rhetorical, its implication still lingers, still troubles. Who among us wouldn't have been tempted to scoop up that bloody glove on the off chance that it could be used to pin the murder on the wrong party...
...gold digging knew how to hide her game. On the evidence, her well-documented ambitions, appetites and acquisitiveness were swaddled in social graces. She seems also to have given good value to the men who provided--sometimes simultaneously--the residences, the antiques, the designer frocks and the sort of pin money only Cartier understands. As Averell Harriman's wife and widow, she became a patron of defeated Democrats, opening her house to promising politicians, Bill Clinton among them. According to the numbers, Pamela Harriman was an effective party fund raiser, although not an especially generous contributor...
...learned from a young age that you should never reveal your weight, your salary or who you vote for. So while I will never tell who I am voting for in this election--check my bumper stickers, window signs and pin-up posters in my room if you want to try to deduce it--for the sake of illustration I will make an exception to the rule and let you peek inside my first trip to the voting booth...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "Jim Moran and the liberal Congress bleed the middle class like an atm machine, and I'm taking my pin number away...