Thursday, July 5, 2007

The Verdict: Leaves of Tea

The closing editorial of The Verdict had Ms. Todd dabbling in a little Kremlin watching, of Conrad Black. She said that he scowls and looks tense, or unhappy. She also said, though, that the length of the deliberations is impossible to predict. The estimates that are continually broadcast are backed up by theories that are little more than reading the tea leaves. She ended with a quote from a Maclean's article from Mrs. Black which refers to the horror work of Edgar Allan Poe.

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Douglas Bell, in the Toronto Life Conrad Black trial blog, provides a look at the forfeiture hearing from an eyewitness perspective. He mentions this interesting piece of trivia: Marc Martin, one of Conrad Black's lawyers, is also a counsel for James “Little Jimmy” Marcello. This makes for a busy lawyer.

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