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...unusual setting, followed by categorization of the possible suspects, and detective Adam Dalgliesh's investigation into the mysterious affairs. A Certain Justice follows this recipe--but in this case, there are two murders that must be solved. The novel, strangely enough, begins with a trial--the strong, stubborn Venetia Aldridge is defending Garry Ashe on charges of brutally killing his aunt. Aldrige knows that Ashe is guilty, but she's learned over the years that winning is always the goal. There is no room in Aldrige's mind for even a semblance of a conscience. She lies, grandstands and manipulates...
John Cusack, meanwhile, imbues Dimitri with a sympathetic glow that we rarely see in animated leading men. He is fascinating in his idiosyncrasies. Stubborn, grumbling and not particularly heroic, his character palette exhibits strong emotional development...
...Crimson's early woes are what makes Harvard's 2-0 gem yesterday, its current seven game winning streak and its stubborn pursuit of the National title all the more glorious...
Behind that placid exterior, however, is a stubborn defiance that could spell disaster for his defense. This week, as jury selection got under way in Sacramento, Calif., for his trial on federal charges of killing two men and seriously wounding two others with package bombs, Kaczynski's defense strategy is in turmoil. The first public sign of trouble was the Harvard graduate's abrupt refusal to be examined by prosecution psychiatrists. But Time has learned that he initially resisted examination by even his own doctors. This stance might be endorsed by the "Unabomber Manifesto," which denounces anyone who attempts...
...foundered, Hillary largely shut out overtures from the Beltway's Democratic intelligentsia, including women who had joined the Administration in large part because of her. A top Administration woman says of the First Lady, "She doesn't travel with her peers." Says Morris: "She's very headstrong and very stubborn, and ultimately very brittle." Her bitterness would occasionally seep out. At the Democratic Convention she told the Arkansas delegation that a friend had told her she would have everything but the kitchen sink thrown at her. "Well," she said, "I just...