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Mather did not return a request for comment...
...salary over anyone else's; a luxury box at the stadium for the star's entourage; private jet service; a tent at spring training from which to sell A-Rod souvenirs; a private marketing staff and an office at the park. Oh, yes, and a special request of the Mets: a guarantee that A-Rod would enjoy a greater billboard presence in Gotham than his crosstown rival, shortstop Derek Jeter of the Yankees...
...Remarkably, this concluded the Gore team's testimony, and as soon as they'd officially rested their case, GOP attorney Fred Bartlit sprung from his seat to request a directed (or immediate) verdict on the grounds the Dems had no case. Judge Sauls "respectfully" denied the motion and Bartlit demurred, calling his first witness: Judge Charles Burton of the Palm Beach canvassing board...
...Zack moved again to have Grossman's testimony stricken from the record, claiming it was irrelevant. Sauls denied his request and told everybody to go home...
...preconditions for handing over power to civilians, and it was widely assumed that the military that had ruled Chile at gunpoint for 17 years would not tolerate civilians putting their erstwhile leader on trial. Even when Pinochet was arrested in Britain in 1998 following an extradition request by a Spanish judge, the assumption was that the general would have to be tried in Europe because the Chilean authorities were either politically or legally unable to press charges. But the 18 months the strongman spent under house arrest in Britain may have finally laid to rest Chileans' fears of their erstwhile...