Word: sonly
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...they wouldn't get the murder convictions they asked for - while Diallo's death was bloody, it was not deliberate. It was the horrible by-product of the frayed psyches of young cops. And although the jury is likely to agree that Diallo's parents deserve justice for their son's killing, jurors will likely embrace the opportunity to acknowledge the varying degrees of guilt among the four police officers...
...start at the now-defunct W.F. Schrafft's Candy Co. thanks to some family connections. His father was a Boston police officer outside the factory in 1939, when Marshall's older brother needed a job. His father walked in and asked if they had any jobs for his elder son...
Meanwhile, my friend is still smarting from her son's illicit weekend, which gave him the dangerous impression that his parents' rules don't apply when he's away from home. "I'm not sure what to say to the other mom without offending her," reports my friend, "but I know I have to say something." She'd better think fast: her son has a standing invitation to go back...
DIED. CARL ALBERT, 91, Oklahoma Democrat and Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1971 to '77; in McAlester, Okla. A coal miner's son, he represented Oklahoma's Third District for 30 years until retiring in 1977 and twice stood a heartbeat away from the presidency. A pragmatist, he said, "I like to face issues in terms of conditions and not in terms of someone's inborn political philosophy...
...premise of this would-be son of Forrest Gump is an idealistic Ponzi scheme. The receiver of a good deed must do good deeds for three other people. They, in turn, must benefit a total of nine. Before long, millions are doing unto others, assuming Saddam Hussein and his like are kept out of the loop. It's an appealing idea but--sorry to be a meanie--seriously stunted. Hyde tells far more than she shows. A plodding love affair, tinny dialogue and awkward symbolism don't help. It's as if the novelist had ceded her imagination...