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...that the battle over Simpson's children would wait politely until the conclusion of the civil trial. For one thing, the simultaneous trials are forcing Simpson to shuttle back and forth between two courtrooms. For another, the custody trial (expected to last about five weeks) may conclude before a verdict in the civil trial--a verdict that could, one assumes, have a bearing on the issue of whether Simpson is a fit parent. "It is beyond comprehension that the custody court has seen fit to proceed now," says Martin Guggenheim, a family-law specialist at New York University. Yet Sorrell...
...defeated rival. Bob Dole knows the problem better than most and has in the past demonstrated the guts to address it squarely. If a solution worthy of the word is adopted, then Clinton and Dole will both have won last week, and will both deserve history's kind verdict...
...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...
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...