Word: trialing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...trial won't end with Volpe's guilty plea -- there are four officers left to go. Two stand accused of beating Louima before Volpe took over, one of covering up afterward, and one, Charles Schwarz, of holding Louima down while Volpe went to work. Which is where Volpe, the "Devil in a Blue Suit" of demonstrators' placards, may reenter the negotiations. "We may now hear from Volpe as to what Schwarz did or didn't do during the incident," says Cohen. "That's the only thing he has to offer prosecutors." Once the blue wall falls, anyone can get crushed...
Also, due to its irregular lot, the building's front side reaches a point that required specially made triangular bricks about half an inch wide on one side. Unfortunately it took months of trial-and-error to design bricks which fit with the rectangular bricks they join...
...country with so many mixed-up genes, telling who's "black" and who's "white" isn't always easy. Black folks play a game called Name That Negro, in which we try to guess which well-known folks passing as Caucasians are really light-skinned blacks. During the impeachment trial of President Clinton, for example, a lot of us joked that one of the Republican House managers fit the profile so well, he should avoid driving through New Jersey...
Indisputable confirmation will require large-scale clinical trials. Luckily, these may not be long in coming. The National Institute on Aging has already modified a trial currently under way that looks at the influence of supplemental B vitamins, including folic acid, on heart disease in 3,000 older women. To make the Alzheimer's connection, the NIA simply added an annual test of cognitive function to the heart study to see whether the vitamins lower the rate of expected dementia in the group. Results from that study should be available within three years...
...York trial of an accused aide to alleged terrorist mastermind Osama Bin Laden may prove damaging to U.S. intelligence agencies. Former U.S. Army sergeant -- and Egyptian army major -- Ali Mohamed was indicted Wednesday on charges of conspiracy for his alleged role in providing military training to Bin Laden operatives intent on destroying the United States. Mohamed was charged after the failure of an eight-month attempt by U.S. law enforcement officials to get him to cooperate...