Word: prior
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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While she was held in jail for four days, the killers -- three men with prior arrest records -- turned up. Smith, 39, filed a suit for false arrest. Last week Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Joel Rudof ruled that despite Smith's detailed account of the murder of a woman she never knew or saw, police did not have probable cause to lock her up. Smith's attorney has asked for $750,000 in damages; the jury's verdict is expected this week...
FOOTNOTE: *The jury in that case found that TIME had erred in its description of a meeting between Sharon and Lebanese leaders prior to the 1982 massacre of Palestinian refugees in the Sabra and Shatila camps in Beirut. The description was defamatory, the jury held, but TIME did not libel Sharon because the magazine's statement was published without knowing or reckless falsity...
...life-care centers are alike, and prospective entrants are well advised to read the fine print before signing any of the numerous contracts available. Some centers require supplemental medical insurance to cover acute hospital care, while others do not. Some exclude prior ailments from coverage. Many continuing-care communities charge extra for nursing care and thus do not fit the narrowest definition of life-care facilities. At the Pueblo Norte Retirement Village in Scottsdale, Ariz., for example, members are refunded 90% of their entry fee and no longer make their regular monthly payments if they are permanently transferred...
...these very apercus are what mar the text. In adding to Defoe's repertory company, Coetzee has introduced urgencies that are neither fresh nor illumined, only brilliantly disguised. Flashing back and forward, scattering allusions, adopting a series of poses and styles, the author is less reminiscent of a prior novelist than of contemporary street mimes who build hints until the audience shouts in recognition. Readers of this achingly symbolic retelling are likely to give a similar response. But will they applaud the author -- or will they really be congratulating themselves...
...secret tattoo of Woody Woodpecker on his left pectoral. Gale and Evelle (lots of gender-bent names in this picture) lecture Ed on the importance of breast-feeding as a retardant to criminal behavior. Having kidnaped Nathan Jr. from the original kidnapers, Evelle wanders into a store and, just prior to robbing the place, buys balloons for the child. "These blow up into funny shapes?" he asks. "Not unless round is funny," the clerk replies...