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...bouquets of slightly wilted flowers sent by supporters after the Pakistani Supreme Court decided last week to set aside her 1999 corruption conviction. The former prime minister's elation hasn't faded. "I'm absolutely thrilled," she says. "Now I am free of any stain." When reminded that the verdict is not a wholesale exoneration, but rather an order to set aside her conviction for taking kickbacks from a Swiss firm and proceed with a retrial and that charges remain pending against her, Bhutto is dismissive. "Anyone can make a charge. All this is a plot to deny my leadership...
...courtroom scenes are intense and satisfying, largely because the "other" side (especially Michael Hayden, as the young German defense attorney) is so well represented. And even though the chief accused (Maximilian Schell) confesses his guilt a little too neatly, and the homespun judge (George Grizzard) arrives at the "right" verdict on cue, Mann makes sure the moral journey is not easy. As it never should...
...lunches throughout the seven-week trial, thanked the Lord. Combs' friend and sometime bodyguard, Anthony (Wolf) Jones, was also exonerated, while Combs' rapper protege, Jamaal (Shyne) Barrow, was convicted of assault charges and could face up to 25 years in prison. "It's bittersweet," Combs said of the verdict. "My heart goes out to everybody who was hurt by this...
...could happen. The economy should have delivered its verdict on the Wall Street-Main Street question by sometime this summer - any sooner, and the news probably won't be good - and eventually we'll all know whether the New Economy can really pull out of a skid with new agility or whether the "reverse wealth effect" has left it on its side in a ditch with two wheels spinning in the air. In either case, the Year We Cleaned Up the Bubble will have Alan Greenspan's fingerprints all over...
Despite the judge's ultimate verdict, Awerbuch-Friedlander said she thought the jury's decision in favor of her suit was a positive sign for the future...