Word: counseled
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...redoubts that had been captured and spiked by a British assault under Lieutenant Colonel Abercrombie in the forenoon but recovered later in a counterassault. About 300 yards away lay the British, in the inner circle of Yorktown's earthwork defenses. In the town, Lord Charles Cornwallis took counsel with his officers. North of them, the York River hissed and splashed as the whistling wind and driving rain whipped its surface. It was apparent to the British chiefs that they were bottled up. Their plan had been to fortify Yorktown as a base for the British fleet; but the French...
Lawyer William Wallace, counsel for the estate of the late George Gould, arose to protest a duplication of documentary evidence; stated that the case was costing the Goulds $2,500 an hour...
...Every time one of the serried array of learned counsel . . . clears his throat or blows a bugle call on his proboscis, a cost of 69.4 cents is imposed on the estate, assuming that indulgence in either of these forensic flourishes consumes a single second of time...
...Stuyvesant went to inspect the grave of his ancestor, Peter Stuyvesant (TIME, June 23), he and his family departed without leaving their individual checks for $900 at the Church. The eurythmic ritual also brought upon Dr. Guthrie the Episcopal admonition of Bishop William T. Manning. "In disregard of my counsel . . . you used eurythmic or other dancing in said church. . . . Therefore I hereby notify you that I decline to visit the congregation and parish of St. Mark's (TIME, Apr. 7). Bishop Manning was shown in a cartoon quoting the words of a once popular music-hall melody...
...guilty man chooses to exercise his constitutional right to employ legal counsel, would a lawyer, in his professional capacity, be justified in refusing his services? Rather, in granting them, might he not be serving the cause of justice equally with the attorney for the prosecution, since justice requires that the accused man be permitted a fair trial." The case is something like that of a debater who for purposes of discussion? supports a proposition that he disbelieves. Thus both sides of the question are ably presented, so that a fair-minded audience can arrive at a just decision...