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...Helmsley, Mike Tyson). Dershowitz contended that Allen's custody suit was "concocted" to obscure the issue of child molestation. He denied Allen's charge that Farrow, who took no alimony in her divorces from Frank Sinatra and composer-conductor Andre Previn, was demanding $7 million as a payoff to retract the child-abuse accusation. "Baloney," said Dershowitz; Farrow only "wants her family back. She wants to protect her children from Woody. She does not want him to have unrestricted visitation. Protection, not money, has been her main concern...
...help bring amendments proposed by Jerry Brown to the floor (a few Tsongas amendments will be voted down quietly). New York Governor Mario Cuomo, after much wooing, agreed to make the nominating speech for Clinton. That prompted Vice President Quayle to gibe that Cuomo will need extra time to retract some of the nasty things he has said about the Arkansan. Jesse Jackson, grumbling as usual, nonetheless accepted a speech assignment and was expected to issue a formal endorsement over the weekend...
...suggest that Professor Kilson substantiate this slander, or, in lieu of supporting evidence, retract it. Dianne Reeder...
Clark apologized for having talked to the Wall Street Journal for an article that appeared in that paper recently, but did not retract his comments, which suggested that the tension at the Law School was due, in part, to the insecurities of minorities...
Counter apologized for those who felt "discomfort" because they misread the letter--not for the specifics of the letter itself. But these were not "misunderstandings" on our part. His refusal to acknowledge and retract the racially charged elements of his letter again raises doubts about his sensitivity...