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...solid reason to bar cameras from all jury deliberations [Society, Dec. 9] is the penchant of some media voices to treat the news as theater. Remember the stir over the hairdos of prosecutor Marcia Clark in the O.J. Simpson trial? Style and entertainment value can too readily top substance in some news coverage, particularly on television, and public understanding suffers as a result. If the camera caught a juror in a slumping posture, would there then be media "analysis" on clearheadedness? If cameras routinely appeared in the jury room, would sober, sensitive and sensible individuals come to regard jury duty...
When Richard Bruce Cheney was a student at Natrona County High School in Casper, Wyo., he was a solid football player, senior-class president and an above-average student. But he wasn't the star. That distinction belonged to Lynne Vincent, Cheney's girlfriend and future wife. A straight-A scholar, Lynne was elected Mustang Queen, the equivalent of most popular girl. She was also a state-champion baton twirler, a big deal in 1950s Wyoming. To begin her routine, Lynne would set both ends of a baton on fire and throw it in the air while her boyfriend stood...
...stump he gave seminars instead of speeches and seemed almost embarrassed asking for votes. But Wyoming was kind to him. "He wouldn't have people screaming and yelling, that's for sure," say Gribbin. "But he was serious and respectful, and people would say, 'Well, he's a solid guy.' In Wyoming that comes across as smart and honest...
...have the same amount of wins as we had at Christmastime a year ago. [But] it’s been a tougher seven wins than a year ago,” Sullivan said. “Some of our road wins have been good, solid wins. Hopefully it bodes well...
...Although the Bush Administration was given carte blanche by Congress last fall to invade Iraq at its discretion, its domestic political calculations still have to factor in a public not yet convinced. Not that convincing them will necessarily be very difficult - after all, other polls have found that a solid majority of Americans believe Saddam Hussein had a hand in the September 11 attacks, despite the absence of evidence to that effect. But given domestic concerns and the absence of international consensus over invading Iraq, continuing the UN process while slowly building a case against Saddam - at least...