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...dramatic trial of the Gang of Four and six other "evildoers" meanwhile resumed in Peking after an unexplained four-day recess. It entered its "debate" phase, in which defense lawyers can, in theory, argue the innocence of the accused. Since most of the defendants have already admitted their "counterrevolutionary crimes," the lawyers' role had been reduced to pointing out the defendants' contrite attitude and asking for lenient sentences. The main exception to that pattern is likely to be Jiang Qing, Mao's widow, who in her last court appearance was hustled from the chamber after she angrily...
...after a short recess, the judge tacked on some amendments to the original charter. To the dismay of union leaders, he inserted the objectionable clause about party supremacy. In a statement read by Solidarity Leader Lech Walesa, the union denounced the "arbitrary" revision and vowed to be "guided by the charter without the changes made by the court." Outside the courthouse, Walesa told supporters: "They will not do to us things that we do not want done...
...short recess and I looked at the can of film which they had seized at Quincy House when the movie was shown," Dershowitz said. "There was the name of the company and the address right on it," he added...
...short recess and I looked at the can of film which they had seized at Quincy House when the movie was shown," Dershowitz said. "There was the name of the company and the address right on it," he added...
They were the finest tennis players in the world gathered to contest the most coveted prize in the sport. But for the two weeks of the 94th Wimbledon Championships, they resembled nothing so much as disappointed children kept in at recess, staring wistfully from clubhouse windows as the glowering skies dumped near record rains and even a hailstorm on the hallowed courts of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club...