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Because of the publicity brought to the case by Leviyev's lawyers, the Soviet government has decided to reopen the case against Leviyev. Dershowitz said...
...carefully. They build a persuasive case, full of evidence, heroes and villains, for the argument that Sirhan B. Sirhan could not have killed Kennedy--he was too far away, and had the wrong kind of gun. Their conclusions are muted; they suggest only that the Los Angeles District Attorney reopen his inquiry into the assassination. But the implications of Cockburn and Langman's argument are clearly larger than they immediately let on--the DA would have already reopened the case if he didn't know something we don't. And if Sirhan didn't kill Kennedy, he was obviously...
...number of lesser questions remain, and Los Angeles County District Attorney Joseph P. Busch has said that he would reopen the case only if a court directed him to do so. Sirhan's attorney has been preparing an appeal for two months, and plans to file it soon. Skeptics have long been troubled by the fact that Sirhan's trial dwelt on his motives and mental state when he pulled the trigger and not on the other evidence. But unless a new inquiry turns up facts more convincing than those that have inspired the current renaissance of doubt...
...involved. New Testament Exegete Raymond Brown, probably the premier Catholic scriptural scholar in the U.S., is one of those who are deeply interested in the question of Jesus' virginal conception. Brown?the only American member now on the Pontifical Biblical Commission?has cautiously suggested that the church reopen the question to concentrated scholarly research, at least partly because other Christians are calling the virgin birth into public question. But he is also wary of shocking the beliefs of the pious, and thus spends considerable time explaining biblical criticism to priests and lay people...
...even there the great reptiles reportedly are gobbling up such valuable fur-bearing animals as muskrat and nutria -not to mention possum, raccoon, frogs, fish and whatever else they can lay their jaws on. A better solution, state officials say, would be to reopen a limited hunting season on the gators. "We never agreed with the Federal Government that the alligator was an endangered species," says Joanen. "We have 1 million to 1.5 million of them here now. And the number is growing...