Word: standing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...just because his violation of public mores involved the worst sin of them all: masturbation. In addition, Reubens never mounted any effort to defend himself, to apologize for his mistake ion the manner of the estimable Hugh Grant. In fact, he hasn't taken any sort of public stand since he was arrested for indecent exposure in 1991. So, as much as I'd like to believe there's some conspiracy of television executives at work, there's no real way to know that his exile is not self-imposed...
This kind of makeover of an unsympathetic witness is standard, but Fortier had been groomed in other ways. Hartzler spent 100 hours preparing him for his time on the stand. As a result, Fortier responded forthrightly to Hartzler's questions, and to Jones' too. He described how McVeigh served as best man at his wedding, held at a Las Vegas casino in July 1994. Soon afterward, Fortier said, McVeigh began to talk about taking "positive, offensive action" against the government. A plan began to take shape. By October, McVeigh and Terry Nichols had chosen a target: the federal building...
Another who continues to stand by the series is reporter Webb, whose disagreement with some of Ceppos' criticisms were explicitly noted in the editorial. Webb, who has spent eight years at the Mercury News, mostly reporting from Sacramento, the state capital, maintains that the paper "is not backing down from the central assertion of the story"--that cocaine sold in Los Angeles in the 1980s produced money for the contras. He says he has written four follow-up stories that bolster his allegations: one featuring an eyewitness interview that, Webb claims, confirms some dollar figures, and another based on documents...
...Navy officials saying they bear no responsibility. If not, then who is responsible? I didn't ask to be attacked, nor did I at any time lead this man on. I was totally innocent. I hope the young women who have had similar experiences don't blame themselves and stand up to this abuse. CINDY MILLER Wichita, Kans...
...Jones was clearly trying to establish that the leg belonged to the real bomber, an unidentified person who died in the blast." While no information has yet been established in the trial as to whether that leg was male or female, it was shaved. Gordon was followed on the stand by T.K. Marshall, a retired state pathologist for Northern Ireland, who testified that he believed the leg came from somebody who was standing very close to the bomb, and whose body likely was blown to bits. Jones next chipped away at another strand of evidence concerning his client, once again...