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...sentence on drug charges in Florida. "To get approval for a picture session in the Dade County correctional institution, I had to phone the head of the Florida state department of corrections, the penitentiary superintendent and Morris' lawyer, many of them several times," she says. "Four hours before the shoot they decided we could take the pictures, but Morris couldn't wear the jersey." Though the prison permitted Photographer Red Morgan to cart in lights, cameras and pounds of paraphernalia, Morris' jersey was deemed to be contraband. To authorities, apparently, Morris is no longer...
...tops $1 million; preliminary figures for 1985 indicate that the average verdict in medical malpractice cases also exceeded $1 million for the first time. These giant awards, insurers say, exert an influence out of proportion to their numbers. They set a target for plaintiffs and their attorneys to shoot for, and move defendants to offer high out-of-court settlements rather than take a chance on what a jury might...
...large bounty on terrorists? Perhaps $1 million on the head of Abu Nidal? This approach would give every mercenary something to shoot for. Terrorist leaders would have to look long and hard at their followers and would constantly need to watch their backs, possibly making the terrorists less effective. James Amato Los Altos, Calif...
...suit jogs down the center aisle. The star of this show, however, is not Sylvester Stallone but an Italian Stallion of another breed: Dave Del Dotto, 35, a self-made real estate millionaire. "How many people want to get rich?" he shouts to the throng, and several hundred hands shoot into the air. For three hours Del Dotto drums the promise of prosperity into the crowd. He tells them they can become millionaires by investing in real estate, even if they currently have no credit, no money...
...winning a Congressional Medal of Honor. Dolores proves her valor by overcoming generations of inertia and fatalism. She does it by demonstrating that behind the male swagger there is usually an unsteady little boy in need of a firm maternal hand. When a neighborhood Rambo threatens to shoot at police from his window, Dolores arms herself with a basket of wet wash and gets him to help her hang it: "She held her hand out and Ralphie gave her the blue pajamas. She pinned them to the line and then moved them out, boldly, the pulleys...