Word: appealing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Tribune's columnist, Marie Torre, to identify her source. Miss Torre refused in a pre-trial examination and later when called upon to do so by Federal Judge Sylvester J. Ryan, who thereupon cited her for contempt of court and sentenced her to ten days in jail. On appeal, the case went to the United States Second Circuit Court of Appeals, which recently upheld Judge Ryan's decision. Indications are that the Supreme Court will now be asked to rule on the questions raised in the two decisions...
Aside from a rather specious plea from Miss Torre that her evidence was of no importance to Miss Garland's suit, two points were raised in the appeal. The columnist cited what has long been considered a traditional newspaper privilege--the anonymity of confidential sources, as well as the freedom of the press clause of the First Amendment...
...court," according to Berman, "is now deciding whether to hear the case. If it's accepted, I'll probably return to Moscow next August for the trial; if rejected, I'm told I may appeal to the Supreme Court of the Russian Republic...
...H.Y.D.C. adopted a resolution yesterday "deploring the destruction by violence of the public high school of Clinton, Tenn." On Friday the H.L.U. obtained official permission to conduct their University-wide appeal. All Houses and the Union will be canvassed for two nights...
Part of the appeal of antiques is purely financial: they represent a hedge against inflation, have increased in value as the dollar has declined. U.S. museums spend from $10 million to $20 million a year on new purchases, thus leave the market thinner. Even tax rulings contribute. An antique buyer may sign over his purchase to an institution that will receive it upon his death, take a deduction each year while he keeps it in his home and continues to enjoy it. Or the antique owner can make a "partial donation," leave his possessions in a museum for the summer...