Word: aforethought
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...have heard the charges against my client. The prosecution argues that with malice aforethought he wrote a novel, Presumed Innocent, with the intent of willfully endangering the sleep habits and on-the-job efficiency of millions of innocent readers. Furthermore, it has been claimed that my client is remorseless. The government asserts that his new novel, The Burden of Proof, contains a plot even more fiendishly complicated and irresistible than its predecessor. The prosecution would have you believe that said novel, Exhibit B, constitutes an imminent threat to the public well-being and to the gross national product...
...their journey to the promised land when I went to Bermuda with nine girls who had last names for first names (nine of my 25 best friends, as things worked back then). To say the least, we had a lot of fun. To say the most might indicate malice aforethought and would be more than a little incriminating...
...contract stipulated that everyone connected with her in the movie speak English. When a lavish bash was held for her in a swank Madrid nightclub, Sarah showed up hours late wearing a white woolly hat. After the Spanish press had denounced her behavior, Sarah denied any malice aforethought. "I love Spam," she said tearfully. "Why is the world trying to make a monster woman...
Tricia and Eddie Cox will be among the handsomest of White House couples. They are certainly entering their marriage with more knowledge aforethought than most. They have known each other for more than seven years, since first they met at a dance at Manhattan's Chapin School, where Tricia was a student...
...write with no malice aforethought, but only with a sincere hope. Each fall, for close to eight years, I have been watching in the crowded vestibules of the Harvard Clubs of New York and Boston, Dillon Field House and Briggs Cage, John Yoviesin graciously shaking bands and flashing shiny white teeth at the alumni and overseers. Mr Yoviesin has been with Harvard these eight years, and even more, and I can only query...