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...convicted accomplices Terry Nichols and Michael Fortier, that could have affected McVeigh's sentencing, if not his trial--especially if the mystery man was more than a bit player. McVeigh lawyer Richard Burr contended last week that the testimony of a witness who claimed to have seen a Ryder truck and other vehicles, including one containing fertilizer, like the one used for the bomb, at Geary Lake in Kansas the day before the bombing helped save Nichols from the death penalty, because jurors couldn't be certain that someone else wasn't involved. That matters because--as Judge Matsch reminded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Playing For a Stay | 6/11/2001 | See Source »

...passes that let them zip right through. But the bridge is also slung with concertina wire; 55 state and federal agencies--from the irs to the FDA--have offices in town. Here only Customs and the National Guard carry side arms. The feds lack the troops to check every truck, so they inspect randomly. On an average day, about 8,000 trucks will cross here, hauling copper wire and auto parts into Mexico and bringing clock radios and car chassis back. Customs collects $619,000 in federal taxes and duties daily...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: La Nueva Frontera: Just Another Day In A Bridge Town | 6/11/2001 | See Source »

...parking lot,” he told the crowd of 400, “and if you look further, you’ll see a trailer truck depot. But that is not the future. This building is symbolic because it faces Boston. It’s the first building on this campus to do that and we did it on purpose. We wanted to signal the future of this school and the future of this University...

Author: By Matthew F. Quirk, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard's New Frontier | 6/7/2001 | See Source »

...Harvard faces decades of compromise and enormous expense in Allston, but with big plans and nowhere to put them, Clark’s forecast of a future built over parking lots and truck depots is almost certain...

Author: By Matthew F. Quirk, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard's New Frontier | 6/7/2001 | See Source »

...Last week a flatbed truck came and hauled away one of the junked cars from in front of the Hermit's one-story cinderblock house, half a mile down the road. Two junked cars remained, resting on blocks in the yard under raggedy trees. The Hermit drove a Ford Falcon station wagon, built about the time that Saigon fell. All the junked cars were Ford Falcons of the same vintage. He cannibalized the junkers when he needed spare parts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Last Days of the Neighborhood Hermit | 6/7/2001 | See Source »

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