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Administrators say the Board saw a glut of sexual assault cases—and they were unable to reach a verdict in most of the cases...
...presided over the notorious “Nanny Case” in which the au pair Louise Woodward was accused of violently shaking a Newton family’s baby to death. The jury found Woodward guilty of second-degree murder—but Zobel overturned the verdict, finding the British au pair guilty of the lesser charge of involuntary manslaughter. Woodward went free with time served...
...verdict: if you can't get to a sofa, this type of gadget makes for a fine substitute. But nothing beats the big screen. Even Hitchcock doesn't survive scaling down all that well. --By Wilson Rothman
...Dallek's verdict is, on the whole, pro-Kennedy. He gives J.F.K. credit for performing well under the pressure of pain and drugs that might have disabled another man. "The records of his maladies for August 1961," writes Dallek, "provide a window into his struggle to remain effectively attentive to the public's business. His stomach and urinary ailments were a daily distraction." He was taking codeine sulfate and procaine for his pain, penicillin for his infection, cortisone for his Addison's and so on. His back was killing him--the steroids had been weakening his spine. "Something as simple...
...generate information, make it available for analysis, convert it to knowledge, and create actionable options," Poindexter said last year. Poindexter has been controversial for his role in the Reagan administration Iran-Contra scandal, which led to a 1990 conviction for providing false information to Congress, though that verdict was ultimately overturned...