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...claimed she was kidnaped at knifepoint from a Fort Lauderdale restaurant parking lot and raped twice. The jury's verdict last week: not guilty, on the ground that she had solicited sex. "We all feel she asked for it for the way she was dressed," explained jury foreman Roy Diamond...
...then, of course, there is the irony of including such misstatements as "Too much checking on the facts has ruined many a good news story" (attributed to Roy Howard). Chief Justice Warren Burger may have made a mistake in attributing the statement to Howard, but there's no mistaking the element of truth in the notion--an element that Boller and George seem to overlook. They've checked out their quotes in a scholarly way, but somehow they lose the pizazz of the lines as they go along...
Goalie Allain Roy was selected in the fourth round by the Winnipeg Jets, defenseman Kevin Sneddon was chosen by the Los Angeles Kings in the 12th round, while Captain C.J. Young became a first-round supplemental draft choice of the New Jersey Devils...
...current scandal started to unravel after Roy McKnight, head of Pittsburgh-based Mylan Laboratories, began to suspect the FDA of favoritism. Frustrated that a rival firm consistently won FDA approval for its products before his company did, McKnight hired private detectives to spy on the Government. The detectives' snooping produced enough evidence of corruption to encourage the Justice Department to initiate a probe. In July, Charles Chang, 47, former head of the FDA's generic-drug division, and two co-workers pleaded guilty to accepting a total of $24,300 in illegal gifts in exchange for preferential treatment. The favored...
...only noise that Foreman is eager for is the telephone, ringing with Tyson's call. "We keep on winning, and that phone will ring," assures Foreman's brother Roy, his manager. "One day Tyson'll have to come to us." Until that happens, the old slugger is content enough dreaming his dream. "Champeen of the world," he beams. "Champeen. Great stuff there...