Word: showing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...defense presented evidence Schmitz was in fact told that the crush could be a man or a woman--and that he said either would be O.K. And both Amedure and Donna Riley, a friend of both men, willingly appeared on the show. If neither of them thought it would cause Schmitz to snap, the defense argued, how could the Jenny Jones Show have foreseen...
...defendants, which include the show itself and Warner Bros. (which, like TIME, is owned by Time Warner), have said they will appeal. There's a good chance they could be successful. Appellate courts tend to be more protective than juries of the media--which is why about 80% of jury verdicts in libel cases end up getting reversed...
That's one reason Jackson has made a career of giving dictators such as Slobodan Milosevic a chance to show their gentler side by releasing captives at his request. It's not mere ego tripping, as some cynics charge, or an expression of Jackson's deeply held belief in nonviolence. It's almost Faustian. I think he needs the rush that only bargaining with evil can provide...
...vehemently denies that he is blinded by the glib moral equalizing that afflicts some NATO critics, who seem to think that NATO and Milosevic are equally responsible for the carnage in the Balkans. But at times he seems to be trying to have it both ways. On the CNN show Crossfire, he maintained that NATO's bombing campaign "corresponds with the kind of ethnic-cleansing violence you see in Kosovo." But two days later he told me that he thinks NATO's bombing has served "our moral mission of stopping the ethnic cleansing." He adds, "But it's not stopping...
...this revue ain't nothin' but seven singers performing a history of the blues, from traditional African chants to Motown, with side glances at Hank Williams and Peggy Lee. The rotund Ron Taylor (one of five co-authors) is the show's soulful heart, while Eloise Laws and Gretha Boston have the most impressive vocal turns. So poor was Broadway's musical season that this minimally produced concert got four Tony nominations. Talk about the blues...