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...powerful. Earlier in the case, Kavinoky tried to beef up Markhasev's defense team, approaching prominent law firms. None were willing to help. For example, says Kavinoky, "the message came through Robert Shapiro's office that no prominent attorney in this town will take this case." Says Lindner, who sought the advice of Cochran (a friend of Bill Cosby's) and received a qualified go-ahead: "It's like defending the man who allegedly shot Santa Claus' son. Particularly if Santa Claus is sitting in court every day only a few feet away from the jury box." Lindner says...
...regarding Presidential privilege since Richard Nixon was ordered to hand over the Watergate tapes, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that Paula Jones can immediately pursue her sexual harassment case against President Clinton. Arguing that the Constitution protects sitting Presidents from having to answer civil lawsuits, the White House had sought to have the suit delayed until after he leaves office in 2001. Lawyers for Jones, a former Arkansas state employee who alleges that then- Governor Clinton exposed himself and propositioned her in an Arkansas hotel room in 1991, told reporters they plan to begin deposition within a month to gather...
When the bell rang after her unsuccessful lesson in fractions, Robinson immediately sought out her lead teacher, Sandy Luebbe. Lead teachers are considered the very best in the Professional Practice Schools, and they not only counsel the interns but also evaluate their performances. "Sandy is like a video camera," says Robinson, "observing me, saying 'O.K., this is working really well' or 'If you move your arms down to the side, you'll look more open and the kids will want to approach you.'" Luebbe listened to Robinson's account of her ordeal and, referring to little colored bars used...
Hughes begins his series by examining how the brand-new United States sought a national visual style that would express its values. It found a model in the ancient republics of Greece and Rome. Classicism, says Hughes, gave the country "a language of power and authority and continuity to the past, even though it was so new." The man who adapted classical architecture to the American Arcadia was Thomas Jefferson, whose home, Monticello, Hughes visits. Standing amid the emblems of Jefferson's artistic and scientific achievements, Hughes cites him as the "one person from all the dead Americans that...
...Senate to fund health care for the children of the working poor. The White House and GOP leaders lobbied vigorously against the defeated amendments, fearing they would puncture the hard-fought consensus reached after months of negotiations. House Transportation Committee chairman Bud Shuster, a major fan of highway construction, sought to boost the $125 billion budget agreement for highway improvement and construction by about 10 percent. The GOP's top brass joined in the fray, siding with the White House and twisting enough arms to defeat the amendment by a slim 216 - 214 margin. After the House passed the bill...