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Indeed, pretrial motions planned by Espy's lawyers could slim the indictment down by the time the case goes to trial, possibly next spring or summer. Some charges are based on a law to prevent meat inspectors from being bribed into approving unsavory products--a rarely used statute and one never before applied to a Secretary of Agriculture. Another area where Smaltz may have trouble before a judge or jury: sources close to Tyson say the football tickets and other items were solicited by Espy's then girlfriend, without his direction...
Growing up onscreen, Dorothy was pretty as a Keane picture, vivacious as Betty Boop, and slim--slim as a black actress's chance of movie stardom in the whites-only golden age. Nina Mae McKinney (in Hallelujah) and Fredi Washington (in Imitation of Life) had radiated passion and depth, but by the late '30s Hollywood was consigning blacks to comedy roles and musical numbers...
BOSTON: Sounding eerily like Bob Dole, William Weld resigned a job he seemed born to hold in order to fight a steep uphill battle for a position he has slim odds of winning. In stepping down as Governor of Massachusetts to fight Jesse Helms' opposition to his appointment as ambassador to Mexico, Weld said simply, "I don't believe it would be fair to the people of Massachusetts to permit the conduct of their government to become embroiled in the vagaries of Washington politics." Weld now finds himself alienated both from the President who nominated him and his own Republican...
...allies grumble that the leak seemed aimed at shoring up Freeh's flagging support among congressional Republicans. Freeh allies counter that the leak hurt him more than it did her and must have come from Justice. While the probes are undermining morale and chilling official press contacts, insiders give slim odds that the Justice plumbers will actually catch any leakers. Reason? Nobody's talking...
...seem lifted from "Star Wars," and not enough is done with the concept of aliens in human disguise. The one exception is Vincent d'Onofrio, who demonstrates an unusual knack for phusical comedy (and an impressive makeup job) in playing the Bug disguised in Edgar's (decaying) skin. The slim-green exterminator's truck he drives around is enough to provoke a chuckle every time it appears. But after a while the gag gets old: one wishes the scriptwriters had given d'Onofrio something else to do besides walk like Frankenstein with a case of cerebral palsy and grunt threats...