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...phone call from Andrew and a private apology for what Ailes conceded was a cheap shot. Then on ABC's Nightline last week, Republican strategist Ed Rollins said, "Mario Cuomo's son was involved" in the spreading S&L disaster. In fact, there is little basis, other than pure politics, for this accusation. Andrew's only connection is that he served as an attorney for a group of shareholders trying to take over a struggling Florida S&L and in 1987 was named in a complaint filed by a rival group. The matter was settled out of court, with...
Sunlight shafts down upon Jerusalem through gunpowder clouds, the city immobile, the sky above in tumbling motion like time-lapse photography. Pure light and Jerusalem stone give the city its astonishing beauty. The dolomite limestone changes miraculously with the light: blind white at noon gone to pink and rose and peach at sunset...
...possess cocaine and three felony counts of lying to a federal grand jury in 1989 about drug use. If convicted on all charges, he could be jailed for 26 years. His lawyer, R. Kenneth Mundy, calls the federal sting operation that caught Barry smoking crack with Rasheeda Moore "entrapment pure and simple." It was, says Mundy, a plot devised by a Republican Federal Government frustrated by the failure of a seven-year effort to chase a flamboyant -- and virtually unbeatable -- Democrat from office. The prosecution contends that Barry was not entrapped because his long history of drug use predisposed...
...afraid of a little mess, Diehard 2 is pure entertainment. Ignore the implausible plot twists. Have a great time. And hold on to your seat. You just might never want to fly an airplane again...
...Glory. Many Democrats voted for the federal law against flag burning. Although a convincing case can be made that a statute is more palatable than a constitutional amendment, those who favored the first but now oppose the latter will have trouble arguing that their stand is one of pure principle. Other Democrats are joining the fight for an amendment, some out of sincere conviction, others out of electoral expediency. On the other side, Gordon Humphrey, a rock-ribbed conservative from New Hampshire who is not seeking re- election, is among the Republicans who oppose the amendment. "I find it trivializing...