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Coming off the traffic island, the man was attempting to cross from Mass. Ave. to Garden St. when he was struck broadside by the van, eyewitnesses said...
...crime. After last week, it's almost reasonable to ask whether federal agents cut corners on all their cases or just the ones involving Chinese Americans and national security. "Most federal cases are well founded and ethically prosecuted," says John Barrett, a former U.S. prosecutor who teaches law at St. John's University in New York City. "But Wen Ho Lee now stands in the place of every defendant who claims to be wrongly charged or wrongly overcharged. That's a good climate for a defense attorney and an unfortunate one for the country...
...every crisis. There are instances when disciplined and trained unarmed civilians have performed valuable peacekeeping roles. An international campaign is under way to organize a global nonviolent peace force. The U.N. should support such a force as another resource to call upon when humanitarian intervention is required. MEL DUNCAN St. Paul, Minn...
...couple hundred ob-gyns sitting around" might sound like the first line of a dirty joke, but it was a meeting of St. Louis gynecologists that brought Missouri's U.S. Senate candidates to the city's elegant University Club last week. The two played to type: Governor Mel Carnahan, the two-term Democrat, gave an earnest but dust-dry talk about how he supported a genuine patient's bill of rights and his opponent, incumbent John Ashcroft, didn't. The better orator, Ashcroft joked easily and touted his work on cutting back Medicare regulations. Judging by applause, the crowd seemed...
...What about the bookstores? Beyond the standard fare - like Washington coloring books - there were a few standouts. Alice Provensen's "The Buck Stops Here" is a droll recap, in verse, of all 42 presidents. (Tricky Dick's couplet: "Here's Thirty-seven! Nixon, R./ California's tarnished star.") Judith St. George's "So You Want to Be President?" offers such tips as "It might help if your name is James." The kids' sentimental favorite: "When John & Caroline Lived in the White House...