Word: verdicts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...investigators. On Jan. 31 he returned and provided more details. It was only after that second session that Veverka was granted immunity in exchange for his agreement to testify in court. In May an all-white jury acquitted four officers of charges ranging from cover-up to murder. The verdict touched off three days of rioting in black neighborhoods of Miami, and the federal grand jury was convened to look into the situation...
...Shah's end was far from princely: the hasty flight, the uncertain wandering, the last hours in a hospital far from Tehran. Those images make it hard to assess history's ultimate verdict. "He ruled as a lion and a fox," concludes Professor James Bill, an Iran specialist at the University of Texas, "but in the process he forgot the needs of his people. He insulated and isolated himself from them, and in the end failed to build the political institutions and social trust they needed." He steered his country into a revolution, only to find that...
...conventioneers' verdict: Detroit...
...verdict on the trip? Unanimous, according to McLaughlin. "When the guys think of four years at Harvard and all the great things that are going to happen to you, this was the most memorable. And that's saying an awful...
...salvo. Leonard rallied gamely in the final rounds and easily won the 15th. But afterward Duran said he never had any doubts. "I knew I had won the fight," he declared. "I was more of a man." He certainly was on Friday night, but for thousands of fans the verdict is not yet final. They can hardly wait for a rematch...