Word: courtly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...legal dispute could bring Dershowitz the publicity he will likely receive courtesy of an upcoming guest appearance on a popular daytime television drama. A veteran of both the Geraldo Rivera and Morton Downey Jr. shows, Dershowitz will return to the airwaves as a special consultant to the People's Court Judge Joseph Wapner...
Although Dershowitz has argued in higher courts, statistics suggest that his appearance on the courtroom show will be a greater boost for his fame. According to a recent survey, 54 percent of Americans can recognize and name Wapner, while only 9 percent can identify Chief Supreme Court Justice William Rehnquist...
Collins himself is bigger than ever before. On the field in Saturday's scrimmage against Brown he looks almost dominating. It is strange to see a man who looked so small on the basketball court loom so large on the gridiron...
...judge said that the defense counsel misled the court," Jackson said following the decision. "He said that they destroyed evidence. That is a pattern of behavior that is not acceptable...
...between points. patrons are permitted to clap politely, and 15-year-old girls that aren't grunting and throwing tantrums and beating Martina Navatrilova on Court Nine are allowed to squeal "Yay, Andre!" Criticism is out of the question. Booing is blasphemous. Whistling is acceptable for protesting particularly egregious line calls, but only the players can yell and scream. And they do, in direct proportion to the amount of complaining they do about crowd noise...