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This is probably the most important phase of jury selection, and jury selection may be the most important phase of the trial, ... This will be the chance for lawyers to see whether these are jurors with an agenda.


Laurie Levenson

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LAURIE NOTARO I'm nicer on tax day than I am when I'm on deadline.
LAURIE NOTARO I'm finding it increasingly difficult to simply walk down the street. In New York, I dashed in t...
HUGH LAURIE The ability to reflect is associated with critical thinking and reasoning ability. And the capacity ...
LAURIE HELGOE When I was alone, I lived on eggplant, the stove top cook's strongest ally. I fried it and stewe...
LAURIE COLWIN I don't have a single complete show or movie or anything else that I could look at and say, '...
HUGH LAURIE Far more than dreading ending up in a care home myself, I dread having to put my husband in one.
LAURIE GRAHAM Once, every woman owned a small mirrored compact, and it was considered normal - sophisticated even ...
LAURIE GRAHAM With Alzheimer's, recent memory is affected first. At the start, you count the memory loss in da...
LAURIE GRAHAM I've never minded solitude. For a writer, it's a natural condition. But caring for a dementi...
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