Word: verdict
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...recantation, claiming coercion. Then the judge--who had presided over the original trial--refused to admit Smith's sworn affidavit, ruling that his original credibility was "resolved" by the first jury's belief in him. Finally, the judge declared the new eyewitnesses "unworthy of belief" and let the verdict stand...
...second option was to accept their interpreted verdict of the nation and ever so softly tap the breaks on the hurtling Republican revolution. If they say "high," say "I'll jump as high as you want." Clinton, Wisely, took neither option. He forged his own path by looking inward and realizing that articulating and trusting in who he was all along was the surest path to success...
...verdict of history on Clinton's decision will take years: How many welfare recipients actually do find jobs; how many really do starve in the streets? But there is no question about his political judgment. His decision has proved so popular that in Florida last week, Clinton ignored his criticisms of the welfare bill and instead simply boasted that he had begun the process of putting welfare recipients to productive work...
What voters think of Dole's tax decision is equally clear. After one rally, the candidate and his entourage passed around signs that had been altered from 15% to read dole 15% behind--which polls indicate is if anything an understatement. The verdict of history? Unless something changes almost miraculously before Nov. 5, there is not going...
That perception was reinforced 10 days earlier by the verdict in the trial of Magnus Malan, former Defense Minister and one of apartheid's most feared leaders. Malan was accused, along with 17 other men, of conducting a notorious 1987 hit-squad murder of 13 people, including seven children. Despite widespread belief in their culpability, Malan and his co-defendants were acquitted of all charges by a white Supreme Court judge. The ruling was interpreted as a massive blow to the Truth Commission's power to persuade former henchmen of the regime to cooperate...