Word: coronas
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Surpassing the 25 farm-worker victims of Labor Contractor Juan Corona, who were found two years ago in graves near Yuba City, Calif...
...drum! A drum! Macbeth doth come," we hear--indeed we feel--the pounding of heartbeats; but the heart, significantly, is afflicted with arrhythmia. In the scene where Ross calls attention to the solar eclipse, the circle becomes a view of the period of totality with its brightly flaming corona. When Banquo is murdered and Fleance escapes, the circle becomes a blood-red target with a bull's-eye of blue, the color of heavenly innocence...
...will also test Einstein's general theory of relativity by measuring the degree to which light from distant stars is bent by solar gravity as the rays pass near the sun. It is during an eclipse that scientists can fully observe the sun's spectacular halo, or corona, believed to be caused by the outrushing of solar gases. Understanding the corona, in turn, may shed new light on the sun's thermonuclear reactions...
...with bits of chewing gum began sticking in the pay slot. The mystery ended when a librarian spotted SCM's regional sales manager with a companion who was tinkering with the machine. Olivetti's local marketer, Copico, sued SCM and introduced evidence that the corporation (formerly Smith-Corona) had a policy of using sabotage as a sales tactic-and had said so at two sales meetings. Copico also pointed out that SCM has been caught and assessed $150,000 in an earlier sabotage case. This time the jury decided to stiffen the penalty: it awarded...
...prosecution's preparation included so many mistakes-failure to check for fingerprints, mislabeled evidence-that Judge Richard Patton once exclaimed that it "almost approaches dereliction of duty" (TIME, Nov. 13). One prosecutor even admitted that he had "reasonable doubt," then took it back. Defense Attorney Hawk, who believes Corona is a victim of ethnic prejudice, took a gamble by not presenting any witnesses at all. That appears to have been a fatal error. "It bothered everybody," said one of the jurors. "You can't judge too well unless both sides are presented...