Word: commonness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Brownell's plain words, which he plainly linked with President Eisenhower's prestige and power, were worthy of Westminster Hall. Just outside the hall there had been the Star Chamber, and it was there that Chief Justice of the Common Pleas Sir Edward Coke (rhymes with book) defied King James I in 1608. "The common law," Coke cried out, "protecteth the King!" King James shouted back: "A traitorous speech! The King protecteth the law, and not the law the King!" James shook his fist furiously, but Coke stood his ground for the enduring greatness of England. Quod...
...civilization which has brought forth the methods of the common law and developed the bill of rights should not shrink from this new command from a sorely troubled humanity. Creating a system of law for the nations of the world should not be beyond its competence. That should not be more difficult than the development of the rights of man to justice under law. In addition, today, we have a new factor to help in the acceptance of such a plan-a compulsion to try to preserve life itself which is a force that will not be denied. Certainly...
...American Bar avidly look forward to laboring with your men of the law and to joining hand in hand in such a common effort-a work which we could do in behalf of the entire world. It would be a search for a means to apply what we have learned of justice between men to the affairs of nations...
...closed meeting of the 74-man Socialist central committee, Nenni urged that the party support the European Common Market and Euratom treaty (already ratified by France and West Germany). "We cannot compromise the historic prospects for Europe,'' argued Nenni. Pro-Communist leaders complained that this would reinforce "the aggressive North Atlantic military bloc." After a tough three-day battle Nenni accepted a compromise solution by which his Socialists would vote in Parliament for Euratom, but abstain on the Common Market. When proCommunists still insisted on voting against both treaties, Nenni threatened to resign. With elections coming up next...
Wakaw was a town that drowsed six days a week, only to swarm on Saturdays with farmers in town to shop, socialize, swap drinks from common bottles, and sometimes blow smoldering feuds into bloody violence. Out of such a quarrel came the young lawyer's first case. The client: a farmer charged with shotgunning a neighbor to death. The trial came on John Diefenbaker's 24th birthday. The crown prosecutor made a solid case, and the judge issued a strong charge, all but directing the jury to convict. Instead, the jury returned a verdict of not guilty. Later...