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Jonathan Pollard was arrested in 1985 and charged by the U.S. government with spying for Israel. Hoping to receive a lesser sentence and to avoid a media trial that would have involved classified material, Pollard agreed to a plea bargain. He received a promise that, in exchange, the court would impose a sentence of "a substantial period of incarceration and a monetary fine"--language that legal experts interpreted to mean a sentence less than life imprisonment...
...also act really acutely) to defend them at their court-martial. Kaffee's life is all softball, brewskies and smart remarks -- evasions of his grownup responsibilities, his large lawyerly talents and the long shadow of his great- man father. To him, principles are merely things that interfere with cozy plea bargains. He is, in fact -- neat balance here -- an upmarket version of this case's victim, a goof-off in need of some kind of Code Red himself...
...moral argument is really at the core of theunion's plea for a wage increase--union membersearn less than others at Harvard, so they deservea bigger raise, because they need it more...
...SPEAKER, IN A SEVERE PINstripe suit, makes a plea for the prevention and treatment of drug abuse by young people. Her speech is well reasoned and delivered with confidence. But toward the end, she turns a merry, mischievous eye on her audience of more than 800 media heavyweights. "Like it or not," she said, "I have been quite a provider for the media, and now I'm asking for your help." Of course the line gets a laugh, for the public obsession with the Princess of Wales and her troubled marriage to Prince Charles has provided a windfall for London...
...Stern responds with a mincing homosexual imitation, then argues that gays in the military should have separate quarters to avoid sexual promiscuity. "When I get nude in front of a gay guy, they get so hot that they can't control themselves." Russian President Boris Yeltsin has made another plea for economic aid. "Those stupid lazy bastard Russians," snaps Stern. "They're under communism so long they can't even produce anything." Amy Fisher, the Long Island teenager charged with murder, has just appeared on a TV tabloid show. "I wanted her to take off her clothes," says Stern. Former...