Word: pleas
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...trial won't end with Volpe's guilty plea -- there are four officers left to go. Two stand accused of beating Louima before Volpe took over, one of covering up afterward, and one, Charles Schwarz, of holding Louima down while Volpe went to work. Which is where Volpe, the "Devil in a Blue Suit" of demonstrators' placards, may reenter the negotiations. "We may now hear from Volpe as to what Schwarz did or didn't do during the incident," says Cohen. "That's the only thing he has to offer prosecutors." Once the blue wall falls, anyone can get crushed...
Most disappointing is Tommy himself, Michael Seelbach. Under the smug and self-satisfied leers he directs at the audience, the now-famous words "See me/Feel me/Touch me/Heal me" are twisted from a heartfelt plea into a whiny demand for attention. In the scene in which his bodyguards beat up Sally Simpson, he does not run to her rescue, snarling at the attackers and tenderly holding her close. Instead, he screams childishly at everyone, and falls onto the floor alongside Sally, crying bitterly for himself beside the nearly clubbed-to-death girl. If his Tommy is blind, deaf or mute...
...WERE John Gotti Jr.'s plea bargain last week dealt a blow to New York's Mafia, leaving the Gambino family without a boss. It's not the only sign that the Mob just isn't what it used...
Building to the high point of his speech, McMahon talked about his frustration at being harassed with requests for a plea bargain. He said he chose to challenge the government, which eventually lead to his acquittal...
...NATO political bosses--reassured perhaps by the impressive accuracy of the Tomahawks so far--agreed to widen the target base by 20% to include the Defense and Interior ministries in downtown Belgrade, then scrapped the phases entirely to let Clark choose almost any targets he wished. Not even a plea from Pope John Paul II for an Easter halt in the assault changed the West's plans. "NATO is not on the Easter pause mode," said a senior Washington official...