Word: clocked
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Maryland's patty Parichy tied the game at 10with 2:40 left on the clock. Then Frendberg pickedup a rebound and scored the game winner with 1:15remaining...
...vital. There is an allegation that Coleman's trial may have been tainted by a biased juror; that his lawyers made some major blunders; that another man may have committed the crime. But tidy procedural obstacles have blocked Coleman's attempts to obtain a federal evidentiary hearing. With the clock ticking toward his execution, it is reasonable to ask: Just what does it take to get a reconsideration of a conviction that brings a sentence of death...
...stopped to chat with a friend; he visited another friend in a trailer park; he went home to his wife. Important testimony came from Philip Vandyke, a friend of Coleman's, who could point to the precise time of their conversation because at its conclusion he punched a time clock. Although Vandyke had no apparent motive to lie on Coleman's behalf and risk being charged with perjury, the prosecution apparently persuaded the jury to disregard his testimony...
...neighborhood or the most successful neighborhood. The contacts can be church leaders, they can be businesspeople or a neighbor who is out there every day washing off the steps and sidewalk. Part of a commander's job is to be able to pick up the phone at 3 o'clock in the morning and say, "Bob, Mary, I need you out here," and know that they will come. Or if these community leaders need the police commander, they can call him and say, "Chief, we need you here." That is a relationship that gets built up over time...
...about events that are expected to be controversial. And because we designate some events "more newsworthy" than others, not every story can get onto the front page or be very long (i.e., when there is an plane crash, the annual city council banquet doesn't make the 11 o'clock news...