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...1980s, Ambassador William Hughes charges that the verdict is an outrageous injustice rendered in a "climate of intimidation." Calling Hughes' remarks "unfortunate," President Ernesto Perez Balladares responds that Washington should mind its own business. "Very frankly," he says, "I didn't like the result of the O.J. Simpson trial either...
...Move There: Depot Plaza, where Amish shoppers park their horses and buggies, is a downtown meeting place and festival site. Nice mix of old and new: John's Butcher Shop uses 500 meat lockers to store food for the Amish, who shun electricity at home; sports agent Mark Simpson, who lives here, shows his clients the money via fax or modem...
...rebellion that nearly toppled Gingrich. But Largent and others like him say that even if Gingrich has improved as manager of the G.O.P. majority, this hasn't eased the burden imposed on all Republicans by the Speaker's dismal public-approval ratings. "He's still less popular than O.J. Simpson and the Unabomber," complains Largent. "The baggage he carries, we carry...
Scheck denies he ever said anything that suggested he felt guilty for defending Simpson. "I accidentally bumped into Kim Goldman," he says. "She reacted as if she had been hit by a cattle prod. I wanted Dunne to tell the Goldmans I would steer clear of them. I also said that they looked like good people and that I felt their loss." He insists the second encounter never happened. Told of Scheck's version, Dunne literally gasps and says he told a number of people about these exchanges at the time. "I was so moved by what...
...phase of it is coming to a close. Dunne says Another City, Not My Own is his farewell to murder trials. For readers, that's too bad. What has marked his work is not his writing or his reporting but his moral fervor. To journalists the Simpson trial was a great story; to the attorneys it seemed to be a competition; to the public it was a mini-series. Certainly, Dunne relished the spectacle, but more than anyone else, he passionately attended to what the trial was really about--the slayings of Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman. Having seen...