Word: commitment
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...trial's second day, when seven reporters defiantly barged in, he ordered them right out, but avoided the possible delay of charging them with contempt. Why had he banned the press? Because, said Judge Geary, Mrs. Black was preparing to describe how her husband had forced her to commit perverse acts, and public knowledge of the case would "embarrass not only the defendant but the four women on the jury." Added the judge: "As far as I'm concerned, the failure of the district attorney to object waived any objection on the part of the People...
...story centers around an ancient curse on the Barons of Ruddigore which compels them to commit a crime a day. The curse, together with a triple love story, fickle people always verging upon marriage, and the weird Ruddigores, keeps the action moving...
...have enough people on the waiting list to fill the 13 vacancies," Besso said, "if we can only get them to commit themselves in time." The offer of the round trip passage for $320 has been enlarged to include Radcliffe students as well as members of the University...
Staunch supporters of Stevenson claim he was misunderstood on the West Coast. If so, he has not yet corrected the misunderstanding. Last Sunday, reporters on Meet the Press questioned Stevenson sharply on his civil rights' platform. He analyzed each question semantically, refused to commit himself, and indignantly asked if it were necessary for the Democratic Party to go on record in favor of law enforcement. Stevenson further reasoned that since the Democrats had a good civil rights platform in 1952, they would probably have a good one again this year. At no time did the Governor speak with conviction...
...plan, a mob of 150, led by an officer of the North Alabama Citizens' Council, was to have stormed the auditorium and kidnaped Cole. Only the six showed up. So serious was the police view of the affair that two were charged with assault with intent to commit murder, the four others on lesser counts of conspiracy...