Word: clerkes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...rise," said the clerk, calling for the traditional gesture of deference to a judge. But the defendant, Steven Stalonas, stayed put. He handed the judge a two-page letter explaining that "My intent is not to act contemptuously toward you. We are equals, you and I, created of one overriding intelligence that dictated our differences as well as ordained our common humanity. If it is to the institution of the court that you bid me rise, then I say that I cherish courts of justice in so far as they serve important human needs. I cannot cherish them...
Finally Alexander returned to his chambers to ponder the matter. When he returned a few minutes later, his clerk intoned: "Everyone remain seated and come to order." His point made, Stalonas then cooperated during the rest of the trial, was convicted and is now awaiting sentence...
Last week, with the Stalonas case disposed of, the court clerk resumed his cry: "All rise...
...young Army officer and his wife welcome a small group of people to their comfortable split-level home, which stands amid the tidy landscaping of a housing development in Louisville. The guests ? most of them dressed neatly in sports clothes ? include a computer programmer, a store clerk, a dog trainer and a psychology major from the nearby University of Louisville. They all troop downstairs to a vinyl-floored recreation room...
...every Holiday Inn in the U.S. to two IBM 360 computers in Memphis, which keep tab on every room in the system. In a few seconds, a guest at one inn can get confirmed reservations at other inns anywhere in the U.S. If one motel is full, a desk clerk can punch a few buttons on a panel and find out what openings are available at other Holiday Inns in the area...