Word: courtroom
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...fell to a Negro housewife. Last week in a federal courtroom, in a small firm voice, she uttered the sentence which cut off the head of the Communist Party...
Significant in the trial, according to Polk, is the fact that "No one in the courtroom was in a position to question the basic premise of the trial--that the Communists had killed George Polk...
...question is a genuine one; its solution is credible. But along the way, the credibility is gradually eased out, and the final dramatic moment does not ring true. The courtroom scene in which Pinky bests the representative of intolerance is a bit too close to a sudden triumph of righteousness for comfort. Pinky's meetings with the doctor are probably the most weakening factors in the plot; especially in the final encounter, the conflict between love and principle is just too much for the actors to carry...
Lectures comparing the educational offerings of Harvard and Yale law schools begin tonight with an address by Erwin N. Griswold, dean of the Law School, on "Legal Education at Harvard." The talk, first in a series of two, takes place in Langdell Courtroom...
...last week in a Quebec City courtroom, a prisoner looked straight ahead, his face expressionless. The prisoner: Albert Guay. The charge: "Having Sept. 9 at Sault au Cochon killed and assassinated . . . your wife...