Word: actually
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Debate on public issues should be uninhibited, robust and wide-open," said the Supreme Court in 1964. In that famous decision (New York Times Co. v. Sullivan), the court ruled that a public official cannot collect libel damages even for false criticism of his official conduct unless he proves "actual malice." But who is a public official? The court did not say. As a result, lower courts have since extended the Times doctrine to reach "officials" ranging from a candidate for Congress to the law partner of a mayoral candidate...
...doctrine stripped Gilligan of any cause for action. Predictably, Gilligan's lawyer, Roy M. Cohn, countered by claiming that the doctrine does not apply to a minor, nonelected government employee-that Gilligan was entitled to sue on the ground of falsehood without bearing the heavy burden of proving actual malice...
Justice Nathaniel T. Helman of the New York State Supreme Court has just given the back of his hand to both sides. By virtue of his prominence in the hassle over police brutality, ruled Helman, Gilligan qualifies as a public official who must prove actual malice. Precisely because that malice must be proved, Helman continued, the defendant civil rights leaders must face trial. Meanwhile, Helman's precedent suggests that the Times doctrine may soon apply to any American in any capacity who becomes a figure in "public debate...
...well known that she detested her husband, she was instantly suspected of being involved in the plot to do him in. Suspicion crystallized into widespread indignation when some three months later she married the profligate and domineering Earl of Bothwell, believed to be her lover and the actual murderer of her husband. A group of Protestant noblemen, who had always been hostile to their Catholic Queen, seized Mary and forced her to abdicate. She soon escaped to England and threw herself on the mercy of Elizabeth, her cousin and longtime rival...
...actual "raid" consisted of one mad charge at three young ladies clad in leotards. The floor around the bench was strewn with undergarments, and the instructions were "Grab what's on the floor but leave the girls alone...