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...Army's Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Ala., came Wernher von Braun, 45, the exuberant Prussian who had fathered the German V-2 rockets. He had been among those who rushed into American hands when the Third Reich collapsed. Von Braun souped up his Redstone missile, put a tiny satellite dubbed Explorer on top and sent it into orbit. There was no turning back...
Dershowitz said he and Tom Puccio, von Bulow's courtroom attorney in the second trial, arrived at their decision at a Providence, R.I. "summit meeting" with the socialite just before the second trial began. They concluded that chances for acquittal would be best if the defense's case focused on medical testimony that Sunny's comas were not clearly induced by insulin...
Dershowitz' book also takes some personal jabs at von Bulow. The Harvard Law School professor wrote that after reviewing tapes of von Bulow's conversations with an associate, "I asked him to remind me `to bring a pillow the next time we have a long talk about anything...
...insufferable bore on the tapes, droning on and on about castles, barons, and Bordeaux wines. You helped put me to sleep on at least three occasions,''' Dershowitz said he told von Bulow...
...assistant to Dershowitz said yesterday, "He and Claus have remained friends,... or at least acquaintances" since the retrial. The aide, who wished not to be identified, added, however, that Dershowitz, a criminal lawyer, would not work on von Bulow's case in the civil suit filed against the socialite by two von Bulow children...