Word: bitingly
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...hours and 40 minutes to reach its verdict, though the trial had lasted for more than a month. The case against Bundy rested heavily on circumstantial evidence. In his 60-minute closing argument, Assistant State's Attorney Larry Simpson recalled the testimony by two dental experts that bite marks on one of the slain girls came from Bundy's teeth...
...defense, occasionally cross-examining witnesses and raising legal points in a futile attempt to keep the prosecution from using its most incriminating evidence. But he left the closing argument to Defense Attorney Margaret Good. She attacked the case against him as "flimsy and unscientific." Said she of the bite marks: "It is a sad day for our system of justice if a man's life can be put on the line because they say he has crooked teeth...
...Because the recession in the U.S. economy has begun, imports probably would not exceed that level in any case. If the quota were to stay at roughly that point in 1981 and succeeding years (a decision that may have to be made by another President), it might begin to bite! The nation would be forced to conserve fuel, or produce more itself, to accommodate normal growth in the economy. But for the moment the quota's main, and not insignificant, value is to serve as a symbol of national determination to put some ceiling on foreign petroleum...
...best disco singer in the field, is rocking harder. About one side's worth of songs on this double set will be no trial for even the toughest disco adversary, because Donna has swell pipes and because she is trying to give the music more range and bite. Watch out, Diana Ross...
...imaginary monsters that have lurched forth in the past two centuries, none has frightened more people more often than the one sparked into life by the idealistic scientist Victor Frankenstein. Dracula retains his bite, to be sure, and has flapped into current vogue on stage and screen. But the overtones of the thirsty count's exploits are chiefly sexual, leading to titillation rather than thought. That is not true of Frankenstein's man-made man-monster. He troubles the mind because he is a projection of the mind, a soaring ambition shockingly embodied in flesh. Mary Shelley...