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...final major prosecution in the long-running affair ended, Poindexter was the first defendant to be held accountable for more than specific, narrow criminal acts. North had destroyed countless NSC papers, deceived Congress and accepted the gift of a security system, which was illegal while he was on the Government payroll. Poindexter too was convicted of shredding a presidential finding and erasing 5,000 electronic messages (backup copies were discovered). But for the first time in the scandal, jurors were willing to sustain charges of a conspiracy to obstruct Congress and cover up the Iran-contra folly. "Admiral Poindexter...
Kupferberg deserves credit for his decision to stage The Frog Prince in a narrow outside patio. The sky at dusk provides a fitting backdrop for the action, and the characters incorporate us into the setting by making their enterances from behind the audience. The Herald (Christopher Davidson) also helps in this capacity--he introduces us to each scene with wonderfully realistic-sounding solos on an imaginary trumpet. Kudos also to the producer Valerie Nestor for the Mickey Mouse blankets distributed beforehand to ward off cold...
...think the opponents have a long-term strategy here--to narrow the bounds of what is permissible under rent control," said Barrett. "I'm very concerned about what they've got in store next...
...acrid black smoke billowed so swiftly through the two-level, 22-ft. by 58-ft. brick building that the few shouts of "Fuego! Fuego!" were too late. Most of the partygoers, who were on the low-ceilinged second level, where there were no windows or exits, stampeded toward two narrow stairways. The main door on the ground floor was blocked by flames. The only window was barred. Feliciano, the target of Gonzalez's rage, and four others ran to a seldom-used second door, where they forced open a gate to become the only known survivors...
Although we still hold that the final clubs discriminate illegally against women, we cannot simply declare that all of MCAD's findings were wrong. The commission was right that the club's connections to the University do not, of themselves, make the club "public accomodation" under a narrow definition in Massachusetts law. Complainant Lisa J. Schkolnick had to prove that the Fly Club is such "public accommodation" to win her case...