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...Pont barricaded himself in the family mansion, holding out against an army of police officers for two days. Du Pont's past bizarre behavior is the basis of the insanity plea his defense team will put forth, though even they seem to put little faith in the tactic. Defense attorney Thomas Bergstrom, when interviewing potential jury members, repeatedly asked if they thought the insanity defense was a "lawyer's trick," or a "legal loophole." Pennsylvania has strict standards for proving insanity, and juries are often skeptical of it as a defense...
There are HIV-positive men who talk about having put their feelings on hold from the day they first tested positive. Some even hid behind the virus as a lethal scare tactic, a way to fend off attachments with friends and family that they weren't sure they could handle. (One more paradox of the epidemic: even the Jolly Roger can be a flag of convenience.) Now they realize they may have to go back into the world and forge the kind of attachments that get you through a lifetime...
Last night, it was sparked by B.U.'s press. Terrier coach Dennis Wolff started it with about six minutes to go in the first half, not so much as a reaction to Harvard's offense, but as a tactic that B.U. often uses...
...unequivocally state that I have no connection with this," she said. "I would not support any campaign tactic of this low level...
Thompson has been guarded of late in his comments about the Administration. But in an interview a few days before the election, he pronounced himself "mightily, mightily disgusted" with revelations of Democratic fund-raising irregularities, which he said made Nixon's tactic of shaking down corporate contributions seem "pretty paltry in comparison." For Clinton to try to deflect the controversy by recommitting himself to a bill--co-sponsored by Thompson--that would ban many of the President's own campaign practices "shows breathtaking audacity," the Senator added...