Word: beers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...shelves are Harvard steins used to serve root beer after football games...
Certainly, the Autry affair did nothing to improve the Supreme Court's reputation for orderly decision making. And it left some death-penalty proponents impatient. Outside the Huntsville prison Tuesday night, a crowd made up partly of boozy collegians had gathered (one placard: WE PAY FOR OUR BEER; NOW IT'S TIME FOR AUTRY TO PAY FOR HIS), and news of the stay was greeted with boos and chants of "Kill him! Kill him! Kill him!" Candle-bearing opponents of capital punishment applauded the outcome. Still, critics on both sides of the issue were disturbed by a process...
...case seemed to be typical of how the Justices would like to see such cases handled. In 1980, Autry was sentenced to death for murdering Store Clerk Shirley Drouet, 43, in Port Arthur, Texas, when the mother of five asked him to pay $2.70 for a six-pack of beer. "Here's your $2.70," he said and shot her between the eyes. After the conviction, Autry's attorney had appeals turned down in state and federal courts. When his case reached the Supreme Court last Monday (it had been there once before), Autry's application raised...
...perceived as police state measures aimed at corralling students--but rather a well-thought-out program to keep the roads free of intoxicated motorists. "We don't want to put people in jail," Ducks said. "We're not saying that after a game you can't get a beer, we're not returning to Calvinist ideals. But when you have a beer, don't get behind the wheel...
After being introduced as "the next President of the United States," Hart stepped forward and asked, "Y'all got any beer...