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...character polarized moviegoers. But the defense does not need to win acquittal; it is almost as effective to persuade enough to hang a jury. Outside the courtroom, Koon and Powell boasted of having won at least one female admirer on the jury. Many observers predicted a split verdict -- a slap at most for Briseno and Timothy Wind, something sterner for Koon and especially Powell, who struck the most blows. Powell's attorney Michael Stone tacitly acknowledged this scenario in a closing statement pleading that his client not be made a scapegoat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Putting Justice in the Dock | 4/19/1993 | See Source »

Calling the result of the vote "a slap in the face," she said she could only think "the white men on the organization would like to keep it as their preserve...

Author: By Rajath Shourie, | Title: Law Review Rejects New Hiring Criteria | 4/15/1993 | See Source »

...reality, Clinton's formula is a very moderate effort to reduce the deficit without disrupting the economy. Proposed spending cuts nip at the fringes of the government's massive spending package; huge items like entitlements remain untouched. New taxes, while very visible, amount to only a slap on the wrist. Energy duties are minuscule in comparison to those Europeans have to pay. Clinton's plan is hardly radical, and as it passes through Congress it will likely become even less...

Author: By David L. Bosco, | Title: Deceptively Simple | 3/17/1993 | See Source »

...keep the score at 3-1, though, did not fit the occasion. Junior defender Sean McCann--who also scored just five points all season--powered a painful slap shot from the left side into...

Author: By Jay K. Varma, | Title: Icemen Roll Over Tigers in Game 1, 6-2 | 3/13/1993 | See Source »

...same people to assume that Blacks are inherently laid-back, rhythmic and athletic. Yet in spite of these inescapable dangers, Muhammad does not even recognize the possibility of reaching for such truth. Instead he condemns the presence of white faculty in the Afro-American studies department: "What a slap in the face to bring in the slave master's son or slave master's daughter and to tell of the history they helped destroy." Clearly, this condemnation is grounded in the implicit assumption that the truth is entirely subjective, that history will not be told the same...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Racism, AIDS and Truth: Responses to Khallid Muhammad | 3/10/1993 | See Source »

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