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Even after the University purchased the space from a private group called the Institute of 1770, in April 2000, the building was deemed unfit for many theatrical performances due to safety and maintenance issues, according to Associate Dean of the College Judith H. Kidd...
...Supreme Court stripped Gen. Pinochet of the protection he enjoyed as a Senator-for-life. There remained, however, the pesky issue of Pinochet’s health: after a judge placed him under house arrest in January 2001, the Santiago Appeals Court ruled that Pinochet was indeed medically unfit to stand trial and so forced prosecutors to abandon the case against him. Until yesterday, that medical defense held fast. Though his defense counsel has pledged to appeal yesterday’s indictment to Chile’s highest court, it seems now that the slippery General may at last...
There’s just one small problem: Gen. Pinochet might actually be medically unfit to stand trial. The former president, who suffers from diabetes and arthritis and who has been diagnosed with “moderate dementia,” took ill on Saturday after reportedly suffering a stroke. Leonel Gomez, director of the Santiago army hospital where Pinochet is being treated, has said that the General is recovering and could be released in the next few days, and a statement issued by the hospital says that he has recovered consciousness and mobility and is no longer in critical...
...This time out, O'Neill, 58, and the group he helped organize, Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, ran TV ads accusing Kerry of embellishing his war record, receiving undeserved medals and besmirching Vietnam vets. When the charges went unanswered for too long by the Kerry campaign and a book, Unfit for Command, co-authored by O'Neill, became a best seller, Kerry's poll numbers dropped visibly...
Having helped defeat his longtime rival, O'Neill says he will go back to private life. His share of the profits from Unfit for Command will be used to aid veterans and military families in need. But beyond that, O'Neill says, "I look forward to again being the Rip Van Winkle of politics...