Word: balks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Mule, clearly the more skilled of the two, fought off a case of shin splints earlier in the week, only to have them return to haunt him while going into the press for the inward one and a half. Not wanting a balk scored against him, Mule continued the dive and lost points trying to regain form in midair...
...over the number of criminals who go free because of restrictions on the admissibility of illegally obtained evidence. This year it availed itself of several opportunities to trim back those restrictions. In one case in which the Government had seized evidence illegally from one person, the court did not balk at allowing it to be used in the trial of another (U.S. vs. Payner). The safeguard against compulsory self-incrimination also came in for a little tightening: from now on, the prosecution can attack a criminal defendant's credibility by commenting on his prearrest silence...
...conscience, but they must perform socially useful tasks. Italian conscientious objectors, for example, may serve in the medical corps or work in a civilian defense plant. Such compassion, however, is unknown in Switzerland, where men continue to drill every year in the standing militia. The " Swiss jail all who balk at military service and impose a special exemption tax, averaging $150 a year, for those excused on medical or other grounds...
...Last of the Blue Devils, first-time director Bruce Ricker's movie about Kansas City jazzmen, gets around these limitations of jazz cinematography better than any film I have seen. Jazz purists may balk at the liberties Ricker has taken--solos are cropped from longer performances, music is cut up and excerpted, "vintage" Kansas City clips are few and far between--but they can't argue with his results. The entire film rushes along to Kansas City 4/4 time; a spare 91 minutes long, The Last of the Blue Devils is one sweet breath of Kansas City air, heady enough...
...this point the discussion is totally theoretical. No draft boards exist; the Selective Service system is only now drawing up guidelines for choosing members. Congress will not balk at requiring men to register. But Speaker Tip O'Neill reports that the House is "overwhelmingly" opposed to registering women, despite Carter's assurance that he would never permit "the use of women in combat." Signing up men only, if that is what emerges from Congress, would almost certainly be challenged in the courts on the ground that it would be discriminatory...