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Stating that "the evidence simply doesn't support" the jury's verdict, Ryan said he would file a motion later this week asking Judge Garrity to set aside the jury's decision...
Under federal law, a judge may only throw out the jury's verdict if "no evidence [has been presented] from which a rational jury could have concluded a breach of contract," Ryan said. While he would not second-guess the judge, Ryan said there was a "reasonably good chance" that Garrity would overturn the jury's verdict when he examines Harvard's motion next month...
Democracy's verdict can be harsh, even for its friends. Salvadoran President Jose Napoleon Duarte's ruling Christian Democratic Party, which has steered an erratic course between murderous foes on the left and the right, rediscovered that truth last week when it was roundly rejected at the ballot box. Almost 1 million Salvadoran voters braved guerrilla intimidation to oust the Christian Democrats from power and give control of the 60-seat Assembly to the ultraconservative Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA), which in the past has been associated with right-wing death squads...
...Nicaragua, an irritant to Reagan since he arrived in Washington, clattered back to center stage. As in a tragedy, the President's past misjudgments were returning to haunt him. No matter how a jury votes on the charges against Oliver North, John Poindexter, Richard Secord and Albert Hakim, the verdict is already in on Reagan's handling of his contra policy...
...depression and, most often, stage fright. Those who take care of the performers admit to having some jitters of their own as well. Last fall Dr. Michael Saviano was roused from his sickbed by the San Francisco Opera to tend a singer whose voice was giving out. His verdict: finish the performance but sing at half power. His backstage visit concluded, a feverish and bleary Saviano headed for the hospital to await his patient -- and a reassuring once-over of those valuable vocal cords...