Word: courtroom
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...fight over how evolution is taught is now being waged most directly in a federal courtroom in Pennsylvania, where an ongoing trial will decide whether ninth-graders in the Dover school district should be required to learn about intelligent design...
...best innovations started out as basic research in our nation’s research universities,” Smith said. At the same time, Smith said, other countries are superseding the U.S. in technology growth because they have learned from American advances. The speech, held in Ames Courtroom, was co-sponsored by the Berkman Center for Internet and Society and the Journal of Law and Technology. Smith said that technological growth is hampered by the “relative dearth of scientists, mathematicians and engineers that we are producing in the U.S.” He noted that in recent...
...Clinton and recited aloud by a presenter, the former president commended Dershowitz for the “fine example” he has set for others. “Whether defending the State of Israel with the written word or the rights of an individual citizen in a courtroom, you have challenged assumptions, changed minds, and opened hearts—and our world is better off for it,” Clinton wrote. Dershowitz joined the Law School faculty in 1964—the youngest tenured professor at the time—and has written 24 books during his career...
...assassination. According to his own account, when he introduced himself to Saddam, al-Zubeidi said that despite the fact that he was a Shiite from Babylon, he was still defending him. That's when Saddam replied with his signature phrase, "Afia," or "Well done," leading some onlookers in the courtroom to think al-Zubeidi had been too deferential to the deposed dictator...
...gadget freak in me still misses entertainment features like MP3 players or even cameras. Lazaridis made the case that the absence of a camera is a good thing, making the BlackBerry permissible in places where camera phones would be blocked, such as a research lab or a courtroom...