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...happened. Teodorescu, who claims he was called in at the last minute to defend the Ceausescus, told the London Times last week that the end was considerably less dramatic, if no tidier. After the trial, during which they refused to cooperate (Teodorescu tried unsuccessfully to persuade them to plead mental instability), the Ceausescus were taken into the courtyard. "It was a mere quarter-hour or so after the death sentence was pronounced," he says. "They thought they were walking to a cell, when suddenly there was a huge burst of fire. Elena and Nicolae fell head to head. Their bodies...
...administered urine and blood tests, both of which revealed evidence of cocaine use. On Friday a U.S. magistrate released Barry on his own recognizance but required him to undergo a weekly urinalysis. After his court hearing, Barry's lawyer R. Kenneth Mundy said the mayor planned to plead not guilty to the cocaine-possession charge. The mayor declined to answer questions, then vowed to "go about the business of government...
MANY have accused SONG of publicity-seeking. We plead guilty. Yes, we do seek media attention. If our goal is to change cultural attitudes, delivering the message by way of popular media seems a rather efficient, if not indispensable, means to that...
Then, inevitably, a participant in the Men's Table would rise and again declare his innocence. Or he would plead that he was really a nice guy and didn't intend to hurt or humiliate anyone, least of all the "girls in the house...
...Sierra Club International Assembly in Ann Arbor, Mich., and the players are Bill Oliver and Glen Waldeck, the poets of preservation and the unofficial troubadours of the U.S. environment movement. All across the country, at conferences and campfires and on campuses, the two minstrels denounce development and pollution and plead for the rescue of endangered animals. Their music never hits the Top 40, but many a member of the Sierra Club or the National Audubon Society can hum their tunes and recite their lyrics by heart. To thousands of nature lovers, Oliver and Waldeck are to environmentalism what Bob Dylan...