Word: soaped
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...gunman later requested that three toothbrushes, toothpaste and soap be sent to the plane for Testrake, Zimmermann and the third crewman, First Officer Phillip Maresca of Salt Lake City. Every day, the hijackers called the control tower for food and newspapers, as if ordering from room service. "What's for lunch?" they asked. "Cheese and jam sandwiches," the tower replied on one occasion. "Oh, no," the hijacker complained. "No more cheese and jam sandwiches. We want meat, something with meat." Airport authorities reportedly sent 80 portions of chicken and rice, 80 salads and 80 coconut cakes to the plane. Later...
During the second trial's opening statements in April, the prosecution told the jury it would show that Von Bulow had sought to murder the heiress so he could inherit the millions he was promised in her will and marry his then mistress, former Soap Opera Actress Alexandra Isles. But some of the promised proof was never introduced. With carefully crafted motions, raising such issues as relevance and prosecutorial failure to lay necessary legal groundwork, Puccio persuaded Judge Corinne Grande to exclude Sunny von Bulow's will, testimony from her financial adviser and evidence that Von Bulow knew...
Television executives would also do well to edit the soap opera from their news broadcasts. Many viewers will find the compelling human drama titillating but there is no need for them to share the grief and elation of those families touched by the hijacking...
...then set out to discredit the prosecution's witnesses. He insisted that the sparrowlike Maria Schrallhammer, Mrs. Von Bulow's maid of 23 years, viewed Von Bulow as a shadowy interloper who broke up the "fairy tale" romance of Sunny's first marriage, which ended in divorce. About onetime Soap Opera Actress Alexandra Isles, Claus' former lover, Puccio turned sarcastic: "She appeared before you in one of her most dramatic performances." In the end, Puccio asked not for sympathy but justice. "It's not a pretty picture," he said. "Mr. Von Bulow was cheating on his wife...
...when Mr. Von Bulow doesn't have any money of his own." But Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz, another member of the defense team, praised Grande's fairness. Said he: "The judge allowed only testimony that was narrow, spare and to the point. She understood the difference between a soap opera and a trial...