Word: courtly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Prasse-Freeman began to bring the ball up court after a missed Colgate free throw, he was accidentally poked in the left eye by 6'6 sophomore forward Pat Campolieta, who was whistled for the foul. Prasse-Freeman left the court under his own power, but would not return to the game...
...Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer gave an insider's view of the day-to-day workings of the United States' highest court on Friday at the Harvard Law School...
Breyer, who was appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals in 1980 and then to the Supreme Court in 1994 as President Clinton's second appointee, reminded his listeners of the Supreme Court's role within the judicial system...
...being accepted as a candidate member of the European Union may be a mixed blessing for Turkey's leaders. The European Union voted Friday to accept Turkey as a candidate member, conditional on it's improving its human rights record and accepting the binding arbitration of the International Court of Justice at the Hague in its long-running dispute with Greece over Cyprus. "This is good news for the U.S. because Turkey is NATO's front line in relation to Russia and the Caucasus, and drawing them closer to Europe cements the West's security alliance with Ankara," says TIME...
...conditions will put enormous pressure on Turkey on a range of issues, such as Greece and the Kurds, that have been central to Turkish nationalism," says Dowell. To be sure, conforming to Europe's conditions may compel them to refrain from carrying out the death sentence a Turkish court handed down to Ocalan on multiple murder charges - the death penalty itself is in violation of E.U. human rights standards. Actual membership, then, may still be years away, but in the end it could prove to be a win-win proposition. "Although Europe is concerned about being flooded with cheap labor...