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...only real crime at former Louisiana governor Edwin Edwards' trial - well, besides the 17 counts of racketeering, money laundering and conspiracy that a Baton Rouge jury convicted him of Tuesday - was that Edwards was prevented by a judge's silencing order from talking about the verdict. Luckily, after two previous trials, 22 grand jury investigations (by Edwards' own count), and four gubernatorial terms on the very edge of the law, the 72-year-old Edwards, who could now spend the rest of his life in prison, was able to skirt that one too, a little. "The Chinese have a saying...
...this wasn't an election, and when the verdict hit the bayou Tuesday night, it's a safe bet that more than a few porch-dwellers were shaking their heads at the thought of this Gulliver finally succumbing to the little men of the system. "A lot of people were surprised that Edwin, who has always been so smart, let them get so much information on him," Bernie R. Pinsonat, a Baton Rouge pollster, told the New York Times. "They had tapes in his office, tapes in his house, and they obviously nailed him. Regardless of what happens from here...
Drinks and dinner arrived 45 minutes after takeoff. "Meat-loaf sandwich or cold chicken fingers with salad?" I chose the latter, but one bite persuaded me to wait for Cheerios once I got home. We pulled into the gate at National a few minutes early. The verdict: I need more test runs on Legend...
...prolonged discussion forced yet another postponement of the date the board will offer a verdict on Harvard's proposal--a decision that would allow or prevent the construction of a building more than two years in the planning...
Cochran and Ogletree praised the work of students who have been active in protest of the Diallo verdict and police tactics, drawing comparisons to influential civil rights movement member Rosa Parks...