Word: counseled
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...bishop] has acted in the face of the expressed wish of more than 70% of the qualified voters of my parish and, as I am advised by my counsel, in violation of both the letter and the spirit of Canon [law] . . . Four bishops have broken all precedents by indicating their willingness to enter the jurisdiction of a brother bishop to testify on my behalf, as have over 30 other outstanding church leaders...
...Counsel for Dr. Miriam Van Waters yesterday began the defense of the ousted penologist before Governor Dever's three-member appeals commission sitting in Langdell Hall...
...vine, is little more than a great statistics bureau, and a sponsor of worthy projects. It publishes two dry-as-dust education journals, puts out bulletins on better teaching methods, worries about U.S. school enrollments. Though it handles funds for land-grant colleges, its function is more to counsel than command...
Regularity Counts. County Judge Harry Truman took a fancy to the youngster. When Senator Truman headed up the War Investigating Committee, he sent for Boyle to be his assistant counsel. In 1944 Boyle was called in again to help ailing Bob Hannegan run the Roosevelt-Truman campaign. On the side-the patronage boss gets no pay-he makes an unspectacular but comfortable living practicing law in Washington...
...horn and everybody was making a devil of a row." Then he sued the vicar for libel. In court, Mr. Craven-Sands apologized to Captain Williams; he said that he had been wrong in believing that the fox was alive when thrown to the hounds. Mr. Gilbert Beyfus, counsel for Captain Williams, said to the jury: "Let your verdict be a strong one. Let it be the kill. Let it be the death blow to all these lies and defamations." The jury's verdict against the vicar, whose yearly salary is ?400: ?1,500 damages, and costs...