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...close to one woman--Pamela Mackey, his attorney, who successfully defended another sports star, Colorado Avalanche goalie Patrick Roy, on a charge of domestic violence. She is likely to take a gentle approach in undermining the accuser's testimony. "I don't think you need to tear apart the victim," says Phoenix attorney Darrow Soll, who got charges dropped against Mike Tyson in two recent rape cases. "What you can do is say, 'Let's talk about the fact that a 19-year-old girl had sex with a basketball player who was married, and maybe her boss found...
...enough to grind down Iraqis who tried to stymie the inspections. Was he hiding something or being pressured to? Or, given what colleagues describe as his ironclad commitment to telling the truth, did he regret what he had told the BBC or the committee? Or was he simply the victim of crippling depression? Blair, asking for "respect and restraint," announced a high-level judicial inquiry into Kelly's death, as the rest of the country awaited the spy novel's next twist. --By J.F.O. McAllister
...Although we all have a priori beliefs on a matter of this seriousness, the truth is that at this moment it is impossible to asess accurately who is the victim, Mr. Bryant or his accuser. Because of that, the same privacy standard must apply to both parties, which means that if Mr. Bryant has to face the public, so must his accuser. This may not be a perfect solution, but it is the only fair one.br> Armando Santiago Mexico...
...Absolutely not! I think she should have the right to sue for libel or slander - whichever applies in each case - because her name will be ruined before the trial even starts. This is trying the victim; we are supposed to try the accused. Cathy Dubre Florida...
...boasted of being the biggest in Europe, the place shoppers could find "everything under one roof," from French goat cheese to Wagner opera scores. One contemporary writer even hailed the emporium, with its statues and marble columns, as the Berlin Louvre. Like so much else in Berlin, Wertheim fell victim first to the Nazis and then to the postwar communist rulers of East Germany. Most of the Jewish Wertheim family members fled Germany or were killed at Auschwitz, and the property was nationalized after the war. Another retail chain, Hertie, long ago swallowed up the firm's remaining assets...