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...addressed a dozen probable questions, with detailed answers. (The President's briefing book for the first debate had anticipated every question except one on abortion.) Two separate pages were devoted to Reagan's closing statement. He had largely ignored that script at Louisville in a self-defeating desire to rebut Mondale's arguments with a jumble of statistics, and this time again ignored part of what was suggested...
...hard point to rebut, but Walter Mondale was ready with an answer: "The real question is will we be better off? Are we better off with this arms race? Are we better off when we load our children with this fantastic debt...
Witnesses in many cities do not even have the protection of anonymity, since their names and addresses are routinely attached to various court documents. Furthermore, judicial rules in many states require that the identities of all witnesses testifying be made known to defendants so that they can attempt to rebut the testimony. The Constitution, however, explicitly requires only that the defendant have the opportunity to confront an accuser in court; thus a number of jurisdictions are now concealing the identities of some witnesses until they actually take the stand...
Donovan, twice cleared by Silverman on charges of links with gangsters, may soon have a chance to rebut Fisher. He has been listed by Buono's lawyers as a potential defense witness in the alleged triggerman's murder trial...
Tribe called the proposed constitutional amendment "garbage" earlier this week, saying that he was persuaded to testify to rebut arguments for what he called a "states-rights" amendment...