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...limited immunity, preventing Walsh from using any of their testimony against them. All but one of the 29 attorneys on Walsh's team avoided TV, the radio, newspapers and magazines when immunized testimony was being aired or discussed; the exception, designated as the "tainted" prosecutor, was assigned to steer the others away from trouble. Nevertheless, the defense will argue that the indictment was affected by the forbidden testimony. The burden of proof is on Walsh. "It's not just a matter of proving that the prosecutors were in hermetically sealed isolation chambers for the last year," says Philip Lacovara...
Despite several coup attempts and continuing political uncertainty, Aquino remains ensconced in Malacanang Palace and has developed a firmer grip on power. Yet her supporters are not convinced that the President will be able to correct long-standing social inequities or steer the Philippines out of moral drift. "Merely staying in power without changing anything is retrogression in itself," Historian Renato Constantino recently wrote in the Philippine Daily Globe. "Personal success is not synonymous with national success...
...decade ago. If Essex owns shares in Cambridge Bioscience, did he work on GP120 in the hopes of someday profiting from his work? Did he use his position at the company to influence its decision to buy the chemical's license, and did he use his university post to steer the patent toward Cambridge Bioscience...
...this was more than a run-of-the mill interview. Multiple copies of the letter circulated to the campaign's wise men. Unlike those in other organizations, the Bush staff members are not gluttons for publicity; they can afford to be discriminating. If they sniff a hatchet job, they steer clear. On his copy of the letter, Bush wrote, "I feel comfortable with Rather. Make sure this guy gets reply soon." Campaign Manager Lee Atwater was dead set against the interview. He was wary of Rather, but he was in the minority...
Club Casablanca may be moving to make way for a pair of office developments and a shop-lined "Brattle Walk," if the developers can steer past a dilatory city agency, two state offices, and a group of neighborhood activists who have already extracted some concessions...