Word: cons
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY SPECIAL (CBS, 8:30-9:30 p.m.). Captain and Mrs. Irving Johnson con their 50-ft. ketch through the inland waterways of France, Denmark, The Netherlands, Germany and Belgium in "Yankee Sails Across Europe...
...recall anything of the defendant's background? A. He's supposed to be an ex-con, isn't he? Q. You didn't have an opinion that this man was innocent, did you? A. You mean the-the defendant? Q. Yes. This man, Speck. A. I couldn't say. Q. But you did remember that he was an ex-con...
...voiding the nolle prosequi last week, the Supreme Court simply con tinued its corporating" recent the trend of Constitution's gradually Bill "in of Rights in the due-process clause of the 14th Amendment, which is binding on states. But what is speedy trial? While a few states require trial anywhere from two to six months after indictment, fed eral courts require only no "unnecessary delay," a phrase that sometimes allows delays of several years. And who is entitled to speedy trial? In federal and most state courts, the current answer...
...that all men stand equally naked before God constitutes the theological substratum justifying liberal democracy. His teaching on "the two kingdoms"-that man with his soul belongs to the church, and with his body to the world-contributed to the rise of the modern secular state. Luther's con ception of the "priesthood of all believers" implied that man served God best in his daily existence-the basis of the Protestant ethic of work and achievement. His insistence that men must read God's word contributed to the spread of literacy. And in his own translation...
...power, Genoa came to be known as "La Superba" -which, since it can be taken to mean "the haughty," was not necessarily a compliment. Still, the appellation was particularly apt for Genoa's business men, a tightfisted, close-knit breed that ranked among the world's most con servative. Interested only in sure things, they earned a lasting distinction by re fusing to stake a local boy named Chris topher Columbus to a daring expedition...