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Last week the prosecution rested. Spence, who claims that in 30 years he has never lost a criminal case as prosecutor or defense attorney, pulled a surprise: the defense would call no witnesses because the Government had "utterly failed in this case." For once Judge Keenan seemed to agree with Spence, asking, "What am I doing trying a case involving the theft of money from Philippine banks? I want to find out what the frauds were here in America, because ((Philippine President Corazon)) Aquino can enforce her own laws." Keenan deferred to Government policy, but the jury may share...
...inevitable, Florio worked them relentlessly for support of his proposals. In diners, gyms, boardrooms and convention halls, he explained his position again and again. "A lot of politicians are just plain lazy," he says in the midst of another chaotic day. "They just don't want to make the case, and so they end up pandering to special interests. To underestimate the people is extremely dumb...
...jury-waived trial took place on Monday and Tuesday of this week. The judge, who currently has the case under advisement, is not likely to announce his decision until early August, a court clerk said yesterday...
Robocop II is about the individual, in this case Alex Murphy, and his battle with the forces of society which threaten to destroy his already fragile humanity. The film parodies--rather darkly--how both advances in technology and the rise of huge corporations have their menacing sides...
Theoretically, Mandela and his organization also advocate continuing "armed struggle" against the government, but in practice that option faded when the A.N.C. agreed to operate as a legal party. In any case, the congress has demonstrated its ineffectiveness at guerrilla warfare over three decades. Violence is not politically useful in South Africa; the white security forces contain it easily. Change there has become inevitable mostly because blacks outnumber whites about 5 to 1 and are becoming stronger politically and economically...