Word: dement
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...defense's case was even more picturesque than the prosecution's. Ira Dement, a sometimes-liberal lawyer with a hound-dawg face, cross-examined each of the black witnesses, always beginning with the question, "Have you ever been convicted of a felony?" His defense case was as straightforward as it was absurd, consisting of character-witness testimony from assorted Klan members...
Cornell gained its lead with 3:23 left in the period. Aggressive all-Ivy wing Mike Doran won an extended battle for the puck behind the cage with Tag Dement who was filling in for Don Grimble. Doran passed into a scramble in front of the goal and Dave Ferguson tipped the puck...
Inevitably, as transit service declines and roads improve, more autos not only crowd the routes to town but choke the city streets as well. Chairman George L. DeMent of the Chicago Transit Authority understandably bemoans "the 5 o'clock shadow of smog, noise, tension and wasted time." Freeway tie-ups have multiplied to the point where airborne traffic spotters in at least 25 cities now broadcast advice about how to dodge them. Frequently, a new freeway built to carry 100,000 cars a day no sooner opens than it is inundated by twice that many. Besides, one mile...
Leroy Uyehara at 135, Lee Alexander at 145, Frank Antonson at 155, Walter Rice at 165, Tag Dement at 175, and Jim Cassidy at 135 were the other winners in the freshman competition...
...Dement concluded that dreaming may be even more than the guardian of sleep: it may be the guardian of sanity itself, as sleep is the guardian of general health...