Word: salem
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...many critics of the recovered-memory movement, the accusations and convictions are reminiscent of the 17th century Salem witchcraft trials, in which elderly women and an occasional man were condemned to death, often on the basis of a single unsubstantiated charge that they had demonstrated witchlike behavior...
...conference, held at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, attracted about 20 mayors from cities ranging from Allentown, Pa., to Toledo, Ohio. Yesterday, the participants attended an opening seminar on "Managing Transition" led by Martha S. Wood, mayor of Winston-Salem...
Mike Giardi, Harvard QB (Sr., 6-2, 185) Salem, Mass.-- Became Harvard's career leader in total yardage with 4,454 yards. --compiled by the Ivy League office
...mortified by the possibility that Salem warned someone in the agency and was overlooked because of doubt that he was trustworthy, is investigating. Salem had parted company with the bureau half a year before the bombing, ironically because he reportedly would not wear a body microphone for secret taping. He was hired after the attack to penetrate the larger group of alleged terrorists. The agent who spoke in apparent confirmation of Salem may, FBI sources hopefully suggest, simply have been placating a volatile informant who was overstating his case...
...most extreme outcome, the defense in the World Trade Center case could secure a mistrial on the basis that Salem's tapes contain potentially helpful evidence and should have been handed over months ago instead of last week, after excerpts and summaries appeared in the press. Prosecutors have taken weeks to establish how heinous the bombing was; last week the case reached its 58th witness without any testimony directly linking the defendants to the bomb. This strategy could be blunted if the jury comes to believe that the U.S. government had the opportunity to forestall the bombing. While that would...