Word: assessments
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...long penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct, the clerk of the federal court in Atlanta read the verdict: "We, the jury, find in favor of Wallace Butts in the sum of $60,000. We find that Wallace Butts is entitled to recover punitive damages from Curtis Publishing Co. We assess punitive damages from Curtis Publishing Co. We assess punitive damages...
...Every trial lawyer knows that jurors often start out with prejudices against the defendant or plaintiff. By using his rights to challenge prospective jurors, a lawyer can try to obtain a jury with as little prejudice as possible against his client. To help lawyers assess prospective jurors, a research team working under the auspices of New Jersey's Fairleigh Dickinson University persuaded some 500 persons of varied backgrounds to take an elaborate test designed to reveal prejudices that might affect their judgment as jurors. The test was set up to detect both "overt" and "covert" prejudices. The findings, released...
Your cover story [July 5] was a constructive effort to assess both the progress and the problems of the Peace Corps. I am sure it will help the public to understand the Peace Corps for what it is: tough-minded Americans who combine idealism and pragmatism to help the world's developing nations...
...group will assess these needs through a re-examination of the Law School's relation to the legal community. The report will consider the teaching functions of the school, the role of research, and the relation of the staff to law reform, governmental activity, and the legal profession as bases for its concrete recommendations...
...Atlanta's black bourgeoisie take advantage of the hazy distinction between personal and social advance to indulge private (sometimes selfish) ambitions in the name of civil rights. As for the "courageous freedom fighters," the question is not whether we in the North admire them, but whether we accurately assess the percentage of the Negro populace they represent...