Word: uncertainity
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First, this is of uncertain legality, as not all first-years are 18 or over...
...that's your concern, not Buffett's. Assuming he hasn't already sold, which we probably wouldn't know until the selling was over, he's hedged in all directions at once. In uncertain times, that may be the ultimate sign of genius...
...case the prosecution made against accused teenage murderer Shareef Cousin was flimsy, the witnesses uncertain, the evidence insufficient [CRIME, Jan. 19]. It angers me to see a boy just a few years older than I convicted of a horrendous crime while the prosecutors know he may be innocent. Cousin stands in the middle of a blizzard of controversy, screaming for answers, while truth and innocence are lost. Fingers were pointed at a black kid because there was a white victim. Wake up, America! The answers to problems in the judicial system are not on death row. TINGTING PENG...
...players in this drama may also be in legal trouble, including Clinton adviser Vernon Jordan, Lewinsky herself and even White House turncoat Linda Tripp. But obstruction-of-justice cases are notoriously hard to prove, and it isn't clear prosecutors would have the evidence they need. It is also uncertain whether the Constitution even permits criminal charges to be brought against a sitting President. Impeachment is a possibility, but it is a drastic step and would not be invoked lightly...
Lewinsky has reportedly denied the affair in a sworn affidavit given to Starr, which he is now using as a lever. If he is able to "flip" her by threatening to bring criminal charges against her, it would set up a "he said, she said" standoff, with an uncertain outcome. But if she sticks to her denial--and says any claims of an affair on Tripp's tapes were just talk--Starr might have a difficult time. Of course, any tapes of Clinton leaving a message on Lewinsky's answering machine, if they exist, might help Starr. He could also...