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...extraordinary O.J. Simpson murder trial ground to a halt, as prosecution objections and vitriolic exchanges between opposing attorneys interrupted opening arguments and sent Judge Lance Ito scurrying to his chambers to sort things out. The disruption occurred when prosecutors accused defense attorneys of telling the jury about witnesses and witness statements they had not disclosed to prosecutors, a possible violation of California law. "Appalling," "disgusting" and "trial by ambush," charged the prosecution. Nonsense, countered Simpson's attorneys, admitting to a few inadvertent mistakes and blasting the prosecution for baldly trying to "shut up" the defense. Before the halt, both sides...
...users unwittingly let their inboxes grow without deleting or filing old mail, the overall mail spool may fill to capacity (currently it hovers around 87 percent). A full mail spool means that nobody's incoming mail can be stored--and thus the e-mail system comes to a screeching halt...
...Byrd's filibuster-like maneuvers reduced to a snail's pace the Senate's debate of a bill that would restrict the ability of Congress to impose unfunded regulatory mandates on the states. His exploitation of an arcane rule regarding committee meeting times also forced the Judiciary Committee to halt-if for only one day-its consideration of a balanced-budget amendment. Majority leader Bob Dole was sufficiently ruffled to grumble about the Senate's "Byrdlock...
Other rebel demands--like the re- negotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement and a halt to the privatization of state industries--have less chance of success. ``There have to be great changes in this country,'' says Tacho's companion, Major Moises, an M-16 automatic rifle balanced on his lap. ``And if there's not, there's going to be war and revolution...
Declaring that "everything can be settled in an hour," the decidedly optimistic Chechen leader Jokhar Dudayev asked Russia to halt its assault on his capital. Even though Chechnya could not hope to win its secessionist war against Moscow, Dudayev warned that continued fighting might well draw neighboring republics into a wider regional conflict. "Every day leads to a deepening crisis," he warned, "not here, but in Russia." The Russian reply: a renewed attack on Grozny that left Chechen fighters desperately trying to hold their ground and the fall of the capital all but certain...