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...latest headlines erupted when prosecutor Moira Lasch disclosed that she had found three more women who would swear that William Kennedy Smith had attacked them. Even if their testimony is ruled inadmissible, the prosecutor has won an early tactical victory. "In a high-publicity case," observes West Palm Beach defense attorney Craig Boudreau, "what you say in court isn't necessarily what's going to win the case...
...windfall for the prosecution. Lasch hopes to use the $ women's stories to show that Willy had a pattern of attacking women sexually, ignoring their protests and dismissing them afterward with the warning that no one would believe their claims. But it is one thing to have the women swear out a statement; it is another to wrestle their testimony into court. Legal principle holds that a defendant should be judged on evidence of a particular crime, not the record of past ones, unless he consistently commits a sort of signature offense. In this case Smith is being charged years...
...keeping the foot from sliding back and forth. A tough rubber sole and a high arch take the off-road punishment expected by hikers and mountain climbers; hot colors and a high-tech look are now attracting buyers who want to wear what the rugged, back-to-nature types swear by. "They're all I wear when it's warm," says Dale Covington, who works at the Trailhead, a Missoula, Mont., outfitter, and owns two pairs. "When it cools off, I wear them with socks...
...danger. After a dip in the '70s, membership surged during the Reagan era. Today 4.3 million young people belong to Cub Scouts and its precursor Tigers (for boys 6 to 10), Boy Scouts (boys 11 to 17) and Explorers (both sexes, 14 to 20). The two younger groups must swear loyalty to God and country. Explorers take no oath, and thus the 1.2 million-member branch has largely kept clear of courtroom battles but has weakened scouting's claim that religious faith is central to its mission...
...House back when George Bush was CIA director, and the two didn't meet then. But Gates astutely courted Bush once he became Vice President, arranging briefings for Bush before he attended funerals of foreign leaders. When Gates was appointed deputy CIA director in 1986, he asked Bush to swear him in. After Gates moved to the Bush White House in 1989, he, unlike previous Deputy National Security Advisers, was invited to attend almost all the meetings Scowcroft holds with Bush, including each morning's round of intelligence and national-security briefings...