Word: barring
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...deal of attention for a series of social faux pas, including an alleged dinner party remark about "always wanting to see the pyramids" while staring down the low-cut dress of the Egyptian ambassador's wife. When a woman accused him of making a pass in a Washington bar, then spitting a sticky mouthful of Amaretto and cream at her when she rebuffed him, the White House issued a 33-page denial of the incident...
Just before he left, Byrd asked Brezhnev if he might have a bar of candy for his wife, who was waiting in Moscow. He had noticed some candy bars in the lodge...
...that jurors will be distracted, that witnesses will be intimidated, and that lawyers and judges, particularly elected judges, will grand stand. In short, that defendants will be deprived of their right to a fair trial. Foes of televised trials, who include many on the bench and in the bar, also fear that cameras will invade the privacy of defendants and witnesses, especially in rape cases or seamy divorces...
...when, not whether, trials should be televised. Most states that now let cameras into the courtroom require the permission of the prosecutor, the defendant and often the witnesses. In several states, like Florida, the press is presumed to have the right to televise trials without permission, though judges can bar cameras if they see a real risk of prejudice. Bundy and his lawyers have repeatedly objected, calling the trial a "media event" and warning of prejudice to jurors in other courts where Bundy must still stand trial. But Miami Judge Edward Cowart was unmoved. He told TIME: "Cameras haven...
During the academic year Ze'eva lectures at Princeton in Modern dance. At the Harvard-Radcliffe Dance Program she teaches an advanced modern dance class and a repertory class. Along with teaching she slips in on the bar work of at least one ballet class a day. And now of course she has rehearsals every evening...