Word: prosecutor
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...then Moscow's fist clenched again. Soviet troops, which had occupied Communist Party buildings earlier, seized government offices in Vilnius and installed a new chief prosecutor charged with enforcing Soviet, not Lithuanian, laws. Meanwhile, a senior military officer in Moscow said no offer of amnesty had been authorized and criminal cases had been opened against all deserters. While Mikhail Gorbachev had not cracked down on the nationalist movement, Sajudis, or the separatist parliament, his power play had rendered Lithuania's declaration of independence null and void...
...purposes: they describe what sort of physical condition is intended to trigger the document's provisions and list the types of treatment the person wishes to avoid. Experts recommend making the language as specific as possible, although there are no absolute guarantees. "You never know what a local prosecutor or doctor may do," says Giles Scofield, legal-services director of Concern for Dying. "There's no language that will always be perfect...
During yesterday's hearing, a prosecutor gave details of the of the January 18 arrests that had not been made public previously. Assistant District Attorney Anthony Gemma said the defendants had been "exposing their genitals and masturbating" in the center of the bathroom...
Loud cheers and strident air horns greeted the loudspeaker's latest announcement, as supporters of former U.S. prosecutor William F. Weld '66 celebrated victory--albeit temporary--over his rivals for governor at the state Republican convention...
...groups have disavowed any connection to recent anti-Semitic actions, but not in a way that would comfort Jews: writer Stanislav Zolottsev has suggested that it is a provocation aimed at persuading American officials to allow more Soviet Jews to enter the U.S. as political refugees. However, the Moscow prosecutor has begun investigations to determine if Pamyat supporters should be charged with "inciting national and racial hatred and strife." If the inquiry results in a trial, it will be the first time the law has been invoked since Mikhail Gorbachev came to power...