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...person--who would be totally covered with blood--have time to dispose of all the clothes, dispose of the weapons or whatever, get home, shower, pack and go to the airport by 11 o'clock?'' he asks. Cochran insists that ``In terms of the facts, I've had tougher cases.'' In 1990 he defended former Diff'rent Strokes star Todd Bridges, who was arrested for firing eight bullets into a man in a crack house--a man who survived to identify Bridges. Cochran won an acquittal. It was perhaps the most dramatic illustration so far of his extraordinary talent...
Responding to Sunday's suicide bombing in Israel, President Clinton has frozen the U.S. assets of 12 terrorist groups and 18 individuals believed to be associated with terrorist organizations. White House officials also plan to launch a broader initiative against terrorists and drug smugglers, including tougher checks on suspected terrorists at U.S. entry points. Clinton's order targets a laundry list of the infamous. Among them: Islamic Jihad, thought responsible for Sunday's killing of 19 Israelis; Hizbollah, suspected in the 1983 suicide bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut; Abu Nidal; Hamas; Black September; the Fatah Revolutionary Council...
...that doesn't stop Galluccio from saying sex education programs need to become tougher...
Commuter planes face greater scrutiny and tougher rules...
...government officials were also becoming increasingly concerned. Last week, after touring the muddy crash site of Flight 3379, Transportation Secretary Federico Pena said that within 100 days, tougher safety regulations for small commuter planes will be formulated. He also announced plans to bring aircraft makers, pilots and other industry members to Washington for an aviation-safety summit. Jerome Lederer, president emeritus of the Flight Safety Foundation, says the airline industry needs to take advice from people in the field: "The airlines express an interest in safety, but the guys in the shops regularly are not consulted." Other experts...