Word: quietness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Simpson still had some surprise moves to spring even on his own team. The surrender deadline came and went; when Los Angeles police department Commander David Gascon finally appeared before reporters, he was in a quiet fury. O.J. had failed to surface, he announced, and was now a fugitive. D.A. Garcetti arrived about an hour later to warn anyone against helping Simpson escape. "If you assist him in any way," he said, "you are committing a felony...
...cleared up one particularly gripping misconception: there is no bloody ski mask that might link Simpson to the crime, as was widely reported. Such errors are not surprising, given the swarm of media that has descended on L.A. Just how closely is this ordeal being covered? In a private, quiet conversation with deputies, Simpson complained about his jail-cell conditions and asked not to be returned. "I'll do anything to stay out of that cell," he said. The tete-a-tete was picked up by a lurking microphone and beamed worldwide. Prefer your scandal in paperback? Three volumes...
...Kigali, a chunk of fuselage lies in an ornamental pool. Passenger seats litter the once manicured lawn. A tail wing juts through banana leaves. This is ground zero of Rwanda's carnage, where the bloodletting that has taken more than 200,000 lives had its catalyst. On a quiet evening two months ago, a French-made Mystere-Falcon carrying President Juvenal Habyarimana of Rwanda and the President of Burundi from peace talks in Tanzania was hit by rocket fire and slammed into the earth just outside the compound, killing all 10 on board. The impact blasted bodies and wreckage more...
After the indictment was issued, Rostenkowski ignored his lawyer's advice to stay quiet. "I strongly believe that I am not guilty of these charges," he insisted, "and will fight to regain my reputation." Soon after, lawyer and client parted ways. Whomever he chooses as a replacement, Rostenkowski may benefit from the testimony of several of the "ghost employees," who reportedly will challenge the prosecution's version of events...
...same medication that made headlines 33 years ago when it produced 12,000 severely deformed children around the world. But while the word thalidomide became synonymous with tragedy and its use as a sleeping pill was banned, the drug did not disappear. In fact, it has made a quiet comeback. For all its dangers, thalidomide has benefits that have made it an increasingly valuable medicine when used carefully. Misuse, however, has caused a grim side effect: the reappearance of "thalidomide babies...